Mamdani toady Brad Lander learns that anti-Zionists hate him for being Jewish

Brad Lander was always going to learn the hard way.The ex-NYC comptroller defeated incumbent Rep.Dan Goldman in a high-profile Democratic primary earlier this year that sent shockwaves through their party.Both are progressive Jews and outspoken critics of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.“The current crisis in Gaza shocks the conscience.

The international community — especially Israel and the United States — must immediately put an end to this humanitarian catastrophe,” declared Goldman last August.But that wasn’t nearly enough for the new, virulently “anti-Zionist” Democratic base in the Big Apple.Lander endorsed Zohran Mamdani during the 2025 mayoral primary, while Goldman opted to withhold his support through even the general election.Lander characterized the war in Gaza as a “genocide” and campaigned on ending all military aid to Israel; Goldman did not.In Mamdani’s New York, the latter never stood a chance — Lander prevailed by more than 30 points.But at what cost?At a rally outside Madison Square Garden on Saturday, the soon-to-be congressman was the subject of unrelenting antisemitic abuse.His fellow protesters, ostensibly there to register their disdain for a Hindu nationalist event taking place at the Garden, grew irate at the mere sight of a Jew.“You look like a wicked balls—k! You look like a scrotum, you filthy balls—k!” screamed one unhinged harasser.“F–k you, balls—k Zionist!”Another peach — this one seemingly in the throes of a mental break — beat on a drum and as he got up in Lander’s face.“Get the f–k out! Get the f–k out! Get the f–k out!”Still another hateful man-child gave the game away, as if it hadn’t been already, by asserting, “There’s no such thing as a good Zionist!”“The only good Zionist is a dead Zionist!” he added in a charming postscript.Did it not cross this toady’s mind, as he endured his ritual punishment for being born a Jew, that maybe he had aligned himself not...