Exclusive | Bigwig on Zohran Mamdanis transition team railed against Jews, questioned gay rights in vile unearthed posts: Horror show

A bigwig on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team spewed hatred against Jews and Israel and questioned gay rights in a series of hateful social media posts from a decade ago.Hassaan Chaudhary, who identifies himself as newly appointed political director for Mamdani’s transition and inaugural committee on LinkedIn, used the word “Jew” as a slur, and even praised former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who infamously said Israel is “a cancer which will be eliminated soon.”Chaudhary, who was the director of Muslim engagement for the Mamdani campaign, also described Israel as a “bloody country” and a “barbaric nation” in the posts — some of which date back to when he was 18 years old.More recently, Chaudhary reshared a post on X in December 2024 aimed at pro-Israel Pennsylvania Gov.Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who is Jewish.“If Luigi [Mangione] had shot a Gazan toddler instead, Josh Shapiro would have given him a medal,” the original post said.Responding to Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi on February 9, 2012, Chaudhary said, “Hitler..why dont you face our Pakistani people? Your daughter works at WSJ [the Wall Street Journal].”He then invokes an urdu phrase, saying, “oh forgot that Jew hoga tera baap” — which loosely means “Jew will be your father.”In another post, a thrilled Chaudhury also lauded Ahmadinejad and called him “fearless.”“This banda [person] is fearless RT “@murtazasolangi President Ahmedinejad has declared Israel as cancer which will be eliminated very soon,” Chaudhury wrote in an X post to Pakistani official Murtaza Solangi.He spewed venom toward Israel in other posts.“There is a barbaric nation who’s killing indigents and innocent Palestinians called ISRAEL.

TALK about it.#stupid media,” Chaudhury said in a November 2012 post to a Pakistani journalist.In another post, he called Israel a “bloody country” for claiming a pro-Palestian resolution was undermining peace instead of promotin...