Does Zohran Mamdani not realize that being mayor of NYC comes with more responsibilities than those of a rabble-rouser in a kaffiyeh ever considered?

A Definitional Game

Mr. Mamdani loves saying, “We aren’t antisemitic, only anti-Zionist.”

But that rings false, notes Mr. Hennessay. When you “make such a big show of saying the leader of the world’s only Jewish state has the blood of children on his hands—and in his teeth and hair.”

You may think you’re making a clever distinction, or that your limp assertions about hate having no home in the city will absolve you of all blame when someone believes what you say and starts trying to kill Jews while shouting “Allahu akbar.” It won’t.

In a different context, President John F. Kennedy said, “There’s always some son of a b— who doesn’t get the message.”

An Apologist for Islamic Terror

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks at Ground Zero, and families of 9/11 victims demand that Mayor Zohran Mamdani be banned from the memorial. They say he brands himself as an apologist for Islamic terror and his presence would be an insult to the memories of nearly 3,000 people murdered.

Our objection is based on his public record—his failure to meaningfully acknowledge the horror of that day, and his employment of, support for, or association with individuals who have minimized 9/11, defended terrorists, or even suggested America ‘deserved’ the attacks,” said Giovanni Galante—whose 29-year-old wife Grace Catherine Galante was among 2,977 innocents killed by al-Qaeda terrorists.

A petition drive to keep the mayor away has collected more than 1,100 signatures, reports the Journal’s “Free Expression.”

Don’t waste your sympathy on Mr. Mamdani, advises Mr. Hennessay.

(Mamdani) made this particular political bed. Chickens need somewhere to roost.