""She was vetted. We were aware of all of these tweets.""
""New York: Consider this your official notice from [the DOJ.] We will NOT tolerate discrimination based on skin color. It is ILLEGAL.""
""I mean, you live in New York, he's a threat to you, I'd say," he replied. "He sounds like a total crazy person who wants to take your house away because you have the wrong skin color. That's not a threat to me politically, but a threat to our country.""
Weaver expressed regret for past social media posts and Mamdani defended her appointment, with spokeswoman Dora Pekec saying she was vetted and the tweets were known. A 2024 National Fair Housing Alliance report found white homeownership was 60% higher than Black ownership, down from an 80% gap in 2019. Right-wing figures including Laura Loomer and Harmeet Dhillon criticized Weaver's comments, urging enforcement against racial discrimination and suggesting property relinquishment. JD Vance characterized Mamdani as a threat who would seize homes from people with the "wrong" skin color. Mamdani identifies as a democratic socialist focusing on affordable housing.
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