Disgusting Moment AOC And Mamdani Laugh During Most Somber Part Of 9/11 Memorial

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Disgusting Moment AOC And Mamdani Laugh During Most Somber Part Of 9/11 Memorial

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani were spotted giggling together Friday morning while families mourned at Ground Zero as the names of 9/11 victims were read.

Cameras at the 9/11 memorial in New York City cut from a young man crying in front of the names listed at the 9/11 memorial to a shot of AOC and Mamdani as they laughed together during the somber event.

Numerous 9/11 victims’ families had previously urged the giggling mayor to stay away from the memorial on the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans. City, state, and U.S. officials, including Vice President JD Vance, gathered at Ground Zero for the annual memorial service.

AOC and Mamdani were blasted after the clip of them laughing spread on social media.

“How the hell do you laugh while the names of those murdered on 9/11 are being read aloud? Why would you do so?” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

“After thousands of families of victims of terror beg Mamdani not to show up, he stands there and laughs while families weep. This is NYC’s Mayor,” said Republican NYC Councilwoman Inna Vernikov.

Commentator Meghan McCain added, “Why the f*ck are these two laughing?!?”

Mamdani has made multiple callous remarks about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On Thursday night, Mamdani released a statement on the attacks that failed to mention that radical Muslims killed thousands of Americans in a terrorist attack. Instead, he made the horrific events seem no different than a natural disaster.

“Today, I attended a memorial mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, led by Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, in honor of those who died on 9/11,” Mamdani wrote on Thursday night. “25 years ago, we bore witness to unimaginable suffering. But New Yorkers met that moment with a spirit of love, sacrifice, and solidarity that guided us forward. As we remember those we lost, let us continue to take refuge in one another. Let us recommit to the work of building a better city — one that is worthy of the legacy they left.”

On Friday morning — after major backlash for his previous statement — Mamdani released another statement, in which he wrote, “25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers.”

Earlier this week, Mamdani brushed aside concerns from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Governor George Pataki and said he would attend the 9/11 memorial ceremony. The backlash over Mamdani’s attendance has been fueled in large part by Mamdani’s chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, who previously served as a defense lawyer for Ahmed al-Darbi, an al Qaeda operative held at Guantanamo Bay whose brother-in-law helped hijack the plane that struck the Pentagon, The Daily Wire previously reported.

The Muslim mayor has also sparked outrage with comments about “Islamophobia” that Muslims faced after the 9/11 attacks.

“I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab,” Mamdani said last October.

“Growing up in the shadow of 9/11, I have known what it means to live with an undercurrent of suspicion in this city,” he continued, adding, “To be Muslim in New York is to expect indignity, but indignity does not make us distinct. There are many New Yorkers who face it. It is the tolerance of that indignity that does.”

Ocasio-Cortez has her own history of controversy over 9/11. In 2019, the leftist defended her fellow Squad member, Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), when Omar said of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, “Some people did something.” AOC claimed the backlash to Omar’s comment was “incitement of violence against progressive women of color.”