Obama praises Mamdani, offers support ahead of NYC election
Former President Obama praises NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, known for his anti-Israel stance, calling his campaign “impressive.”
Former US President Barack Obama held a private phone call Saturday with New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, offering praise for his campaign and pledging to serve as a “sounding board” if Mamdani wins Tuesday’s election, the New York Times reported.
The roughly 30-minute conversation, not previously reported, was described by two individuals familiar with the call.
Obama expressed interest in Mamdani’s success beyond the election and discussed the challenges of staffing a new administration and implementing Mamdani’s affordability agenda. “Your campaign has been impressive to watch,” Obama told Mamdani, according to the sources.
While Obama has not formally endorsed Mamdani, consistent with his practice of avoiding municipal races, the call marks his second outreach since Mamdani’s primary victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Mamdani thanked Obama for the call and said he drew inspiration from Obama’s speech on race for his own remarks on Islamophobia, according to the New York Times.
A spokeswoman for Obama declined to comment, while Mamdani’s campaign said he appreciated the conversation and Obama’s support for “a new kind of politics.”
Mamdani has faced criticism over his far-left positions and his anti-Israel stance. This includes his criticism of Israel on October 8, 2023 - just one day after the Hamas massacre in southern Israel, as well as his refusal to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada”.
He also recently declared that he would stop using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition of antisemitism.
In addition, Mamdani has repeatedly accused Israel of war crimes in its battle against Hamas in Gaza, and has vowed to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York City, citing the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued against Netanyahu - even though the US is not a member of the ICC.
He has also come under fire after publicly campaigning with Brooklyn Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a figure named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
According to a Fox News poll released this past Thursday, Mamdani holds a 16-point lead among likely voters, with 47% support. Cuomo follows with 31%, while Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa trails at 15%.
A Quinnipiac University poll released one day earlier showed that Jewish voters overwhelmingly favor former Cuomo over Mamdani.
According to the survey, 60% of Jewish respondents support Cuomo, while only 16% support Mamdani. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa received 12% support among Jews. The remaining respondents were either undecided, preferred another candidate, or declined to answer.
The poll also found that 75% of Jews hold an unfavorable view of Mamdani, compared to just 15% who view him favorably. Cuomo received a 39% favorable rating among Jews, with 50% viewing him unfavorably.
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His mother (leftist) is Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mira Nair while his father Mahmood Mamdani (right) is a prominent Left-wing academic. His wife Rama Duwaji (second right) is a Syrian-born illustrator he met on a dating app and who shares his views on Palestine.
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Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa
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Zohran Mamdani (center) with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with Mamdani
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Zohran Mamdani (pictured) has put an emphasis on socialism and the redistribution of wealth
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Mamdani went to a progressive private school that costs $66,000 a year
Mamdani enrolled at the Bank Street School for Children, a private, ultra-progressive academy long favored by Manhattan's liberal elite. Tuition costs upwards of $66,000 a year
Mira Nair, an internationally acclaimed leftist filmmaker and mother of Mamdani, revealed in a newly unearthed interview from 2013 that her son 'is not an American at all' (both pictured)
Nair called Mamdani (pictured) a 'total desi' and that 'not a firang.' 'Desi' refers to a person of South Asian descent. 'Firang' is more commonly used in India as a derogatory term for foreigners, particularly White or Western people
Attorney Mehek Cooke, an Indian-born consultant and commentator, called Nair's (pictured with Mamdani) use of the word 'firangs' nothing short of a 'slur'
Mamdani (pictured), who came to the US at seven, holds dual US-Uganda citizenship and became a naturalized American in 2018
Mamdani's father, 79-year-old Columbia University professor Mahmood (pictured), stirred controversy after an excerpt from his 2004 book referred to suicide bombers as a type of 'soldier'
Mamdani has accused Israel of genocide, promised to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in New York and declared he cannot support a country that is officially Jewish and grants Palestinians fewer rights (pictured: family)
Mamdani posted a picture of himself with activist Yusef Abdus Salaam (left) and co-conspirator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing Imam Siraj Wahhaj (right)
Wahhaj made comments defending the plotters of the '93 WTC attack, as well as calling for the deaths of men who engage in homosexual activity
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Sliwa said Mamdani's association with Imam Wahhaj is 'disqualifying' and declared that NYC needs a mayor 'who protects them from terrorism'
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Cuomo characterized Mamdani as dangerous to Jewish New Yorkers, highlighting his past reluctance to condemn use of the phrase 'globalize the intifada,' which is seen by many Jews as a call to violence
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His long list of promises includes free buses, freezing stabilized rents, free college tuition, universal free child care and a $60 million scheme to set up government-run grocery stores that he says will be exempt from paying rent or property taxes
Supporters include celebrity fans such as Sex And The City actress Cynthia Nixon (pictured center right)
Mamdani - who describes himself as a 'democratic socialist' - called for a subsidized housing building program that would cost $100 billion over 10 years
Of course, younger, more cash-strapped New Yorkers applaud his promises to supply so many things for free. But others - especially those who can remember when New York almost went bankrupt in the 1970s - say Mamdani's plans could bring the city to its knees
Some who have been most pessimistic about Mamdani and his ultra-progressive policies have pointed to London under its mayor, Labour's Sir Sadiq Khan (pictured)
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