New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not feel very welcome after he was booed off the stage Tuesday.
The socialist mayor was attending the New York Police Department’s 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime event where he attempted to speak with about 3,500 residents and families
He was met with loud boos, jeers and chants of "get out of here" and "nobody wants you."
Mamdani attempted to continue speaking, but the the boos continued,
Mamdani thanked the crowd, waved and walked offstage smiling. The crowd continued to jeer as some yelled expletives.
"Mamdani tried to deliver a speech at a New York Police event in Manhattan but was VICIOUSLY booed and jeered off stage," reacted conservative pundit Eric Daugherty on X. "He walked off in SHAME.”
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Political commentator Joey Mannarino wrote, "New York’s communist mayor Zohran Mamdani just got the reception he actually deserves. Booed, jeered, and screamed off the stage at an NYPD Night Out event in Staten Island in under a minute."
https://x.com/JoeyMannarino/status/2085416057943032220?s=20
"The same cops and working class New Yorkers this DSA radical and his soft on crime buddies spent years attacking, vilifying, and trying to defund just told him to get the f--- out," Mannarino continued, adding, "He stood there smiling like an idiot while the crowd chanted for him to leave. Staten Island sees right through him."
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute President Sal Saverio wrote, "God Bless America and God Bless the people of Staten Island NY, unofficially known as Staten Italy! Proud to have been born there!!!"
Mamdani has been criticized over his relationship with police dating back to his mayoral campaign as he was questioned about his past support for defunding the police. After his election, critics renewed those attacks when his budget included cuts to police funding and canceled plans to hire 5,000 new NYPD officers.
He was also criticized for "Snowballgate," where a mob of about 100 people pelted NYPD officers with snowballs, leaving two officers injured in February.
Mamdani downplay the violence, referring to the mob as "kids" taking part in a snowball fight.