Cuomo Throws 9/11 at Mamdani

"Piker has been hailed as "the left's answer to Joe Rogan," a charismatic Gen Z streamer who broadcasts nearly every waking hour and who has 4.5 million viewers across Twitch and YouTube. Piker has been a fierce critic of American foreign policy, but previously acknowledged that his comments about 9/11 were inappropriate. Still, the effort to tie those comments to Mamdani, who in June became the first Muslim major party nominee for mayor, brought a ferocious response from his campaign."

""Andrew Cuomo knows exactly what he's doing. He's holding a press conference to suggest that Zohran Mamdani - who is poised to become New York's first Muslim mayor - somehow supported 9/11. It's vile, it's dangerous, and it's deliberate," the campaign said in a statement. "Cuomo would rather you forget his own record: that he had to be pressured into ever setting foot in a mosque, that he's repeatedly trafficked in Islamophobia when it suited him politically,"

Andrew Cuomo publicly criticized mayoral front‑runner Zohran Mamdani for appearing on Hasan Piker's show and linked the appearance to Piker's prior remark that "America deserved 9/11." Cuomo held a press conference near Ground Zero with a 9/11 first responder and displayed posters associating Mamdani with Piker. Hasan Piker is a popular Gen Z streamer with roughly 4.5 million viewers who has criticized U.S. foreign policy and has acknowledged his 9/11 comment was inappropriate. Mamdani's campaign accused Cuomo of weaponizing grief, promoting Islamophobia, and exploiting the anniversary for political gain, while Cuomo warned Mamdani's inexperience could leave the city vulnerable.

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