Posted on June 22, 2026 by John Hinderaker
Mamdani’s Monsters
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has outdone himself by branding the pro-Israel AIPAC “monsters.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on branding a pro-Israel super PAC as “monsters” — even as Jewish New Yorkers warned the word choice could incite violence.
Hizzoner took aim at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee [AIPAC] last week during a campaign rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), saying “these monsters take many forms today.”
Mamdani on Monday stood by the characterization as he was pressed repeatedly on if he regretted the word choice.
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“In AIPAC, for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its course is an end to genocide and Netanyahu’s wars,” the mayor continued at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn.
“They move millions in dark money to accomplish a single goal, to preserve their power so that they can turn us against one another.”
These comments are utterly crazed. AIPAC is a perfectly mainstream organization that advocates for the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. It is bipartisan, and historically has supported more Democrats than Republicans. I myself have donated to a number of pro-Israel candidates through AIPAC, most recently just last week.
The idea that people like me are “monsters” bent on “genocide” is insane, but it is sadly typical of Mamdani, who virtually foams at the mouth whenever he mentions Jews. And at a time when Jews have come under intense physical threat from Mamdani’s socialist base, his over-the-top hate speech is either reckless or a deliberate incitement to violence.
Either way, Mayor Mamdani is a disgrace.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/06/mamdanis-monsters.php