FLASHBACK: Keffiyeh-Clad Zohran Mamdani Yearned For More Feminist Remakes Of Beloved Action Movies In Resurfaced Clip

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, while dressed in traditional Middle Eastern garb, appeared to tell a YouTube comedian that multiple action movies should get feminist remakes, according to a 2020 video clip that resurfaced Tuesday.

Comedian Ryan Long on Tuesday posted a 20-second clip to X of his brief man-on-the-street interview with a man who appears to be Mamdani, taken from a minute-long video Long posted to his YouTube channel in February 2020 titled “What Movies Should Women Remake in 2020?” The video was uploaded and likely recorded when Mamdani, an avowed socialist, was a first-time candidate for the New York State Assembly and went viral on X nearly six years later, less than 48 hours before he is to take office on Jan. 1, 2026, as New York City’s next mayor.

The apparently younger Mamdani told Long that a reboot of “Bad Boys,” an R-rated action comedy franchise featuring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, “would be fun” with “two women in the starring roles.” The youthful interview subject was prominently wearing a red and white keffiyeh around his neck, a Middle Eastern head scarf widely associated with both Palestinian nationalism and far-left 🏛️Politics