Exclusive | Mamdani and his alleged Hamas slate of local House hopefuls cozy up to terror-group sympathizer: World is turned upside down

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his so-called “Hamas slate’’ of local congressional candidates were interviewed last week by a terror-group sympathizer in a get-out-the-vote effort for Tuesday’s primary election.Accused hater Bartley Blakeley — who has several hundred thousand online followers across various platforms — posted her chats on Instagram with the far-left mayor and three House candidates he has endorsed: Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier.“I call it the Hamas slate.Unfortunately, there’s a lot of support for the Hamas slate,” said Dov Hikind, a former Brooklyn state assemblyman who is founder of Americans Against Antisemitism.“The world is turned upside down,” Hikind said.
“To be part of the ‘in’ crowd, you have to support Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.”In October 2024, Blakeley released a video on X with the hashtag “#sinwar’’ — comparing murderous slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to Martin Luther King Jr.and Nelson Mandela.“You know who else they called a terrorist? Nelson Mandela and also said that Martin Luther King Jr wasn’t popular when he was alive,” Blakeley said.“You guys always wanna praise the freedom fighters long after they’re dead but cry “terrorist’ when one fights in your lifetime.
#sinwar #freepalestine.”The self-described “trash belly ring enthusiast” and “nonbinary lefty” wrote a few months earlier that she doesn’t condemn or blame Hamas for the Oct.7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 mostly civilians in Israel.“No I don’t.
I did at first after Oct.7 and then the more that I have learned I take that back.
I do not condemn them.Thanks for asking.
Hope that helps,” Blakeley said on Jan.6, 2024.Blakeley also amplified a conspiracy theory that ISIS and al-Qaeda are controlled by Israel’s intelligence forces, writing, “Is this why they won’t let us see the 9/11 files?” in response to a post.During Friday’s interviews, Blakeley asked the cand...