Zohran Mamdani’s Islamophobia Speech Callow and Self-Dramatizing

Zohran Mamdani has a hard time keeping it together when he thinks about September 11 and its aftermath.

Not — judging by his performance the other day — when he contemplates the impact of two screaming jetliners on the Twin Towers; nor when he remembers the sacrifice of hundreds of courageous firefighters that day; nor when he thinks about the toxic, smoldering ruins where there had once been a thriving commercial center.

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Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani has a hard time keeping it together when he thinks about September 11 and its aftermath.

Not — judging by his performance the other day — when he contemplates the impact of two screaming jetliners on the Twin Towers; nor when he remembers the sacrifice of hundreds of courageous firefighters that day; nor when he thinks about the toxic, smoldering ruins where there had once been a thriving commercial center.