Mamdani was already facing criticism from some 9/11 victims’ families over his attendance when a television feed showing the reading of victims’ names cut from a young man sobbing at the memorial to the mayor and congresswoman appearing to grin and laugh as they spoke, though their conversation was inaudible. "Disgraceful," said Steve Guest, a former top staffer for Sen. "AOC and Mamdani look happy." MAMDANI HEADS TO 9/11 MEMORIAL DESPITE 110,000-SIGNATURE PUSH FROM VICTIMS’ FAMILIES TO STAY AWAY "They always show us who they really are," another critic on X said.
"Why the f--- are these two laughing?" Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., asked. FAMILIES OF 9/11 VICTIMS' MESSAGE TO MAMDANI: 'PLEASE DO NOT COME' TO MEMORIAL CEREMONY However, a top member of former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's entourage claimed that the video was taken out of context.
"The videos of [them] laughing are not true. I was standing next to them the whole time," tweeted Michael Ragusa, reportedly head of Giuliani's security as of 2025, according to WPIX-11. "The camera just caught her greeting him hello.
Multiple other politicians were laughing and joking behind me. Republicans and Democrats." The Pittsburgh Republican Committee suggested on X that the sight was one of the reasons 9/11 victims families didn’t want the mayor there, while former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt also sounded off. ZOHRAN MAMDANI URGED TO SKIP NEW YORK CITY'S 9/11 MEMORIAL: 'VILE ANTISEMITE' "While normal Americans cry, commie Mamdani and AOC laugh it up at the 9/11 memorial in New York," Pratt said.
We cannot allow these people to have power." A New York City lawmaker added that she was outraged to see Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez acting that way. "After thousands of families of victims of terror beg Mamdani not to show up, he stands there and laughs while families weep," said Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, R-Brighton Beach. "This is NYC’s Mayor." RETIRED PORT AUTHORITY OFFICERS TELL MAMDANI, HOCHUL TO STAY AWAY FROM GROUND ZERO ON 9/11 Richard Sementa, better known as "Mr.
Producer" for Mark Levin’s national radio show, tweeted, "Un-freaking believable." Juanita Broaddrick called Mamdani and AOC "two disgusting degenerates" on X. Randy Fine, R-Fla., who continues to criticize democratic socialists and opponents of Israel, called the mayor "Jihad Mamdani" and said he and the congresswoman should not be anywhere near Ground Zero. "They do not mourn this country, they mock it," he tweeted.
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