As New York City prepares for the 25th anniversary of the horrific terror attacks on 9/11 that destroyed the original World Trade Center, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani called for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to not attend the memorial service. He would be excoriated heavily online for that, and for the city’s disclosure of files that showed he was untruthful about the air quality after the attacks.
Giuliani was interviewed by the right-wing television network Newsmax on Sunday (Sept. 6) about 9/11, and took the opportunity to attack Mamdani with lies about his beliefs in an Islamophobic-laced commentary. “Having lost friends there, and being very close to many of the families, it offends me that he’s coming,” he said.
Mamdani declined to respond to Giuliani’s attacks, but did confirm that he will be at the ceremony. It is the latest
attack on him after a controversy involving a petition with dubious origins, representing some 9/11 family members, calling for him not to attend the service was created earlier in the summer.
