Mamdani Once ‘Thought Of’ Volunteering To Help Stop Assaults On Women At Protest, But Decided Against It

Democratic socialist and New York City mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani wrote in 2013 about how he once “thought of” joining volunteers hoping to “disrupt attempted assaults” in Cairo, but ultimately decided the “last thing Egyptians needed was a well-meaning foreigner’s assistance.”

Some of Mamdani’s writings from his time at Bowdoin College have resurfaced as the mayoral race heats up, after 77 WABC reported that Mamdani wrote in his Bowdoin Orient op-ed that he believed joining a group devoted to helping “disrupt attempted assaults” might count as interference from a foreigner amid political tension. In the piece, Mamdani wrote that he arrived in Cairo, Egypt for an “intensive language course” just before “the onset of nationwide protests that were to depose President Mohammad Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.”

“Although I saw many women at the protest, and at protests in the days ahead, they had to contend with the very real threat of sexual harassment and assault, especially at night,” Mamdani wrote on Aug. 6, 2013. “Enraged by the stories and statistics, I thought of volunteering only to come to the realization that the last thing Egyptians needed was a well-meaning foreigner’s assistance.”

Mamdani could reportedly win New York City’s mayoral election in November without securing a simple majority vote, according to Politico. The candidate has garnered attention for holding radical left policies like increasing taxes on “richer and whiter” areas and raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour by 2030.

Mamdani’s campaign and office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

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