During a radio interview Thursday, New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to suggest that Zohran Mamdani had condoned “global jihad.” Her office tells Rolling Stone she “misspoke,” as she responded to a caller who provided a lengthy list of claims against Mamdani, who won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday.
Gillibrand appeared Thursday on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, a local call-in radio show. A caller named Gabe dialed into the studio on Thursday to ask Gillibrand about “the threats facing the Jewish community from Zohran Mamdani.”
Gillibrand probably should have stopped the caller right there — she could have said there is no evidence that Mamdani poses any threat to the Jewish community. To the contrary, the Muslim state assemblymember spoke often throughout his primary campaign about the threat of rising antisemitism and his desire to be a mayor for all New Yorkers. He was endorsed by many Jewish leaders, including the highest-ranking Jewish official in New York, Comptroller Brad Lander.
But Gillibrand didn’t do that, and the caller, Gabe, went on: “There was a bill that I was reading about that unfortunately, he wants to target synagogues and Jewish institutions which donate to nonprofits which are medical institutions like United Hatzalah and Magan Davod David Adam, which is like the Jewish Red Cross.”
Gabe continued: “How do we make sure that Jewish institutions are protected from his plans to punish and fine our institutions...
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