Senator Gillibrand misspoke in that instance. As she noted subsequently, her concern was the refusal to denounce globalize the intifada rhetoric. She also highlighted that Mr. Mamdani assured her that, if elected, he would protect Jews and all residents of NYC.
Senator @SenGillibrand called on @alfranken to resign.
I think she should resign for falsely smearing @ZohranKMamdani as a terrorist.
He has never invoked a ‘global jihad’. This is a nasty, Islamophobic racist smear from a sitting Dem senator.
