Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani got caught up in an emotional moment on the campaign trail Wednesday.
The Queens assemblyman teared up as he talked about what it’s like to be a Muslim running for mayor while in a dispute over his support for Palestinian nationalism.
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“I get threats on my life and on the people that I love”
Mamdani walked down a Harlem street with former mayoral candidate Maya Wiley to announce her support for his campaign. However, the endorsement was quickly overshadowed by questions about comments Mamdani made on a podcast in which Jewish groups say he was equating the Holocaust with intifada.
Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the “intifada” as “uprising, rebellion,” and, specifically, “an armed uprising of Palestinians against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.” It is derived from Arabic, where the dictionary says it means literally “the act of shaking off.”…