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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday night described the American Israel Public Affairs Committee as “monsters,” accusing the organization of spending “millions in dark money” to “turn us against one and other” and of fearing democracy and an “end to genocide and Netanyahu’s wars.”
Mamdani alleged that AIPAC moves “millions in dark money to accomplish a single goal, to preserve their power so that they can turn us against one another instead of our leaders turning towards the moral change we all know to be necessary.”
Mamdani made his remarks at a rally headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primaries.
Turning to the local races, Mamdani voiced support for State Assembly member Claire Valdez for her opposition to Israel. “When other Democrats chose to look the other way as Netanyahu committed war crimes, Claire didn’t just name the genocide; she organized for a ceasefire.”
On the same day as Mamdani’s remarks, Forrest Kendall Pemberton, 27, of Gainesville, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to carry out a mass shooting against AIPAC employees in Plantation, Florida.
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