"For nearly as long as there has been a New York City, there have been Muslim New Yorkers. And yet, for nearly just as long, those with power and platform have sought to dehumanize us. The enemy is inside the gates."
"It's absolutely unacceptable, period. And I'm very, very disenchanted with my colleagues. People like that should not be in public life. In fact, they are the lowest of the lows. I reject any kind of notion that it's OK in public discourse or even in your own house to harbor that hate."
"The rise in Islamophobia and antisemitism is off the charts. A deeply hateful post, clearly Islamophobic. Just mean, and I called on him to take it down and to apologize, because we don't need that kind of hate anywhere in this country."
Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville posted an inflammatory social media message calling New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani 'the enemy,' accompanied by images of Mamdani at a Ramadan event and the 9/11 attacks. The post drew strong bipartisan condemnation from New York leaders, including Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, Governor Kathy Hochul, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Mayor Mamdani responded during a Ramadan event, highlighting the historical pattern of dehumanization faced by Muslim New Yorkers. Leaders expressed concern about rising Islamophobia and antisemitism, particularly as the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaches and following recent attacks on religious communities.
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