DALLAS – A House Republican representing the New York City suburbs is calling on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to skip the Sept.11 memorial in downtown Manhattan."From my vantage point, I don't think he should be there, and I think most New Yorkers agree that he should not be there," Rep.
Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told Fox News and Fox News Digital."Certainly, the 9/11 families and the first responders believe he should not be there."Political rancor is threatening to cast a long shadow over this year's Sept.
11 remembrance events, marking 25 years since the tragedy that rocked the United States.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's past rhetoric and links to terror sympathizers are spurring intense backlash ahead of the city's events memorializing the World Trade Center attacks, with Republicans and people whose lives were changed by the event demanding he not show his face.MAMDANI FACES GROWING 9/11 BACKLASH AS OLD POST RESURFACES AHEAD OF GROUND ZERO CEREMONY: 'IS THIS REAL?'New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media regarding the attempted bombing at a right-wing protest in front of Gracie Mansion on March 8, 2026, in New York City.
(Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)"I think Mayor Mamdani has proven himself to be a vile antisemite.I think he has associated with people who believe America deserved 9/11, and it's not just Hasan Piker.
If you go look at many of the people that support his administration, they agree with that rhetoric.They agree with that philosophy," Lawler said.An online petition led by family members of people killed on Sept.
11 — signed by over 100,000 people — has called on Mamdani to skip the memorial.9/11 FAMILIES PUSH TO BAN MAMDANI FROM 25TH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE OVER 'HOSTILE' RECORD"Mr.Mamdani has praised Brooklyn Imam Siraj Wahhaj, who has been linked to radical Islam, was named as an alleged co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and served as a character witness for the 'Blind Sheikh,' who was convicted in 1995 of pl...