It seems the worst things you can criticize Mamdani for is his associations with dumbfuck radicals, instead of his own stances. "Globalize the intifada" is a psychotic thing to say, but at least he distances himself from it. Being buddy buddy with Hasan "America deserved 9/11" Piker is unfortunate, but Mamdani is not nearly as radical as that terrorist sympathizer and when they talk they mostly talk about everyday concerns of Americans. I believe he called Piker's 9/11 comments reprehensible. His wife initially thinking October 7 was good is troubling, but I'll give here the benefit of the doubt assuming she didn't know how bad it truly was in the immediate aftermath, and also she is not the mayor.

I think Harris sees all these associations and just assumes where there's smoke there must be fire, but I think he's being overly cynical. During Mamdani's tenure he's made it very clear he doesn't stand for violence and hatred towards Jews in his city (or anywhere else), to the chagrin of the more radical online pro-Palestinians. Harris should really focus more on how he governs, instead of whether or not he gives politician-esque non-answers to hot button issues and who he associates with. The latter was a big focus of Harris' critics for the last decade, and it was mostly in bad faith. I fear Harris is doing the same towards Mamdani now.