Marxist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is facing mounting scrutiny after being caught fabricating details about a supposed family member’s experience with Islamophobia following the September 11 attacks — and then changing his story once the lie was exposed. Mamdani, a self-described “democratic socialist” and close ally of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), told a tearful story during a campaign event last Friday outside the Islamic Cultural Center in the Bronx, claiming that his “aunt” was so traumatized by post-9/11 bigotry that she stopped taking the subway altogether. “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who...
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