Mamdani having dinner with Mahmoud Khalil ‘sent a signal’: Joe Concha
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The Washington Examiner reports on comments by Joe Concha criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after Mamdani dined with Mahmoud Khalil, an anti-Israel protester who was detained by federal immigration officers, the day after police stopped an attempted bombing near Gracie Mansion. Concha argued on Fox news that Mamdani “sympathizes with the wrong side,” and suggested he should have honored the NYPD officers who helped prevent the attack.
The piece notes that Mamdani, described as New York City’s first Muslim mayor, celebrated Ramadan with Khalil, and it covers the bombing incident in which two suspects, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, were later charged with providing material support to ISIS and using a weapon of mass destruction.It highlights the actions of NYPD officers Chief Aaron Edwards and Sgt. luis navarro,who helped avert the bombing,with Edwards praised for jumping a fence to detain a suspect. The article includes video, social media posts, and Mamdani’s and Concha’s remarks about Islamophobia and terrorism, along with a set of recommended stories.
Mamdani having dinner with Mahmoud Khalil over NYPD ‘sent a signal’: Joe Concha
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “sympathizes” with “the wrong side” in the aftermath of an attempted bombing in the city.
Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, celebrated Ramadan with Mahmoud Khalil, an anti-Israel protester who was detained by federal immigration officers last year, on Sunday. The mayor’s dinner with Khalil was held a day after police stopped an attempted bombing near the mayor’s residence, Gracie Mansion, arresting two suspects in the attempt.
Concha said Thursday that Mamdani “does not care about the optics” of inviting Khalil over the NYPD officers.
“This sent a signal to everybody in New York and around the country and the world, quite frankly, that this mayor sympathizes with, obviously, the wrong side here,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First. “If the mayor was going to have dinner with anyone, it should’ve been any and all members of the New York City police department who literally saved lives, especially Chief Aaron Edwards, who we just heard from in that sound bite.”
Edwards has gone viral for his role in Saturday’s arrests, as a photo of him jumping over a fence to detain one of the bombing attempt suspects was shared by the NYPD’s X account.
Edwards told CBS News the only thing he was thinking as he jumped the barrier was “catch the bad guy.”
Concha applauded Edwards for running toward “possible death” to protect New Yorkers. He emphasized that the first remarks Mamdani made after the bombing attempt were on “Islamophobia” before addressing how the suspects were “ISIS sympathizers.”
“If you are a New Yorker right now, you don’t feel very safe, Todd, Carley, as far as who’s running the city and where his sympathies lie. That is certainly for certain,” Concha said.
YOU CAN’T CONDEMN TERRORISM AND THEN HOST A TERRORISM SUPPORTER FOR DINNER
The two suspects in the bombing attempt, Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, have been charged with providing material support to ISIS and using a weapon of mass destruction.
NYPD officer Sgt. Luis Navarro is also being praised for helping prevent the bombing, as he ran toward the lit explosive device. Mamdani thanked Edwards and Navarro for their service on Monday.
Both officers were asked on Wednesday if they would do what they did outside Gracie Mansion again, and both said, “Yes, without reservation.”
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