NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faces criticism over resurfaced video

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New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is dealing with criticism over a resurfaced video of him claiming to be the sufferer of anti-Muslim discrimination within the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist assaults.

The video shows Mamdani speaking with voters throughout his marketing campaign for New York State Meeting in February of 2020. He describes plenty of situations of alleged discrimination in opposition to him and argues that there are "exceptions" to tolerance in America.

Mamdani claims his faculty trainer took him and one other pupil out of sophistication on 9/11 and warned them that they could face bullying due to the assault.

In one other occasion, he says he was stopped at an airport when he was 15 and returning to the U.S. together with his household. He says safety interviewed him in a personal room and requested if he had been to a terrorist training camp .

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New York Metropolis Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks within the Bronx on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Fox Information Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

"In Uganda, I used to be Indian. In India, I used to be Muslim, after which, after we moved to New York, I used to be all of these issues. New York nonetheless has one thing about it that lulls us all into believing that we can also turn into New Yorkers, irrespective of the place you come from or who you're…." Mamdani says within the video.

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"And but there could be these a number of moments in my childhood the place I used to be reminded that this promise got here with exceptions," he stated.

Zohran Mamdani confronted confrontation from protesters in Manhattan over his refusal to completely repudiate Hezbollah, with safety forming a protecting barrier across the socialist democrat. (AP Picture/Yuki Iwamura)

Conservative activist Amy Mek was first to share the video in 2020, and he or she introduced consideration to it as soon as once more on Saturday amid Mamdani's bid for mayor.

"5 years in the past, I warned NYC that Zohran Mamdani was not a ‘progressive’ however a jihadi-Marxist political asset weaponizing 9/11 trauma to seize votes," Mek wrote on X.

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Mamdani is working for mayor in opposition to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's working as an unbiased. (Angelina Katsanis/Getty Photographs)

Fox Information Digital reached out to Mamdani's marketing campaign for remark.

The video comes after Mamdani confronted related criticism for claiming his aunt stopped taking the subway in New York Metropolis after 9/11.

Mamdani stated he and his household endured an "undercurrent of suspicion" within the metropolis.

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Vice President JD Vance pushed again on the narrative in a put up on X.

"In accordance with Zohran, the actual sufferer of 9/11 was his auntie who received some (allegedly) dangerous seems," Vance stated.

Fox Information' Greg Norman contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox Information Digital overlaying nationwide politics and main breaking information occasions. Ship tricks to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.