"Kawas quickly received an avalanche of criticism as a clip of her suggesting that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were a manifestation of America's historic wrongs. The system of capitalism and racism and white supremacy et cetera and Islamophobia have all been used to colonize lands, to take resources from other people and so this is a long trajectory and were just seeing the manifestations of that continuation with 9/11, Kawas said in a clip first shared by social media influencer Drew Pavlou. The idea we have to apologize for a terror attack that a couple of people did and then there is no apology or reparations for genocides and for slavery, et cetera is something I find reprehensible, she added."
"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) shared it and commented, This is today's Democrat party. Conservative radio host Erick Erickson added, The rightwing progressives talk about post-war liberal consensus.' Basically, the American-hating left does the same thing. Writer Rod Dreher reacted by posting, Zohran is going to be the gift that keeps on giving for the GOP. And Fuentes, for the Democrats. Some on the left also weighed in. Aber Kawas doesn't belong in the New York State Legislature. Folks like her need to be purged from the Democr"
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani endorsed Palestinian-American activist Aber Kawas for a state Assembly seat in Queens during a closed-door Democratic Socialists of America meeting, marking his first local intervention since the Nov. 4 election. A circulated clip showed Kawas characterizing the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a manifestation of America's historic wrongs, linking them to capitalism, racism, white supremacy and Islamophobia. The clip was shared widely on social media and prompted condemnation from conservative figures including Sen. Ted Cruz and Erick Erickson, while some left-leaning voices also called for Kawas to be removed from consideration.
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