{"id":2582826,"date":"2026-03-23T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-on-social-media-from-mamdani-wife-fair-game-guy-benson\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:39:53","slug":"press-on-social-media-from-mamdani-wife-fair-game-guy-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-on-social-media-from-mamdani-wife-fair-game-guy-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Press on social media from Mamdani wife &#8216;fair game&#8217;: Guy Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpress-on-social-media-from-mamdani-wife-fair-game-guy-benson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fox News contributor Guy Benson argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >controversial social media posts<\/a> by Rama Duwaji,the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani,are a valid news story to pursue. He notes that she liked posts celebrating the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and that coverage later examined her teenage and early adult posts containing slurs. Benson says there is little media appetite to question her, but emphasizes that her current status as the mayor\u2019s wife makes the issue relevant, comparing it to other high-profile cases such as coverage of a Supreme Court justice\u2019s wife and an upside-down flag incident at Justice Alito\u2019s home. Mamdani has said his wife is a private person who has not held any formal position,and the Washington Examiner sought comment from his office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Press pursuing social media posts from Mamdani&rsquo;s wife is &lsquo;fair game&rsquo;: Guy Benson<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2531817\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/guy-benson\/\">Guy Benson<\/a> said that controversial social media posts from Rama Duwaji, New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s<\/a> wife, are &ldquo;a valid news story&rdquo; to pursue.<\/p>\n<p>A report earlier this month stated that Duwaji had liked various posts <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2026\/03\/zohran-mamdani-wife-rama-duwaji-social-media-oct-7\/\">celebrating the Hamas terrorist group&rsquo;s<\/a> Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, according to the <em>Jewish Insider<\/em>. Benson said a subsequent story explored her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-revamp-attacks-on-trump-picked-justice-brett-kavanaugh-in-letter-to-fbi-director\/\" title=\"Democrats Revamp Attacks On Trump-Picked Justice Brett Kavanaugh In Letter To FBI Director\">social media footprint<\/a> in her teenage years and her 20s, in which she made slurs against homosexuals and used the N-word in one post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4495930\/fox-nation-martin-scorsese-the-saints-episode-mary\/\">Fox Nation to debut Scorsese&#8217;s The Saints special episode on Mary ahead of Easter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4499938\/britt-no-shutdown-paychecks-politicians-act\/\">Britt backs Kennedy&#8217;s No Shutdown Paychecks to Politicians Act amid DHS shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4499915\/jeffries-trump-should-shut-reckless-mouth\/\">Jeffries says Trump should shut &#8216;reckless&#8217; mouth &#8216;before he gets somebody killed&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Benson said some people are arguing that the posts she made as a teenager are &ldquo;ancient history&rdquo; and that people shouldn&rsquo;t engage in cancel culture, a sentiment he tends to agree with, but emphasized that her current position makes it a relevant story.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But also in her teens, she was celebrating terrorism and terrorists in those posts, which she has continued to do in her adult life, and now she&rsquo;s the first lady of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"286\">New York City<\/a>,&rdquo; Benson said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think this is a valid news story. There seems to be very little media appetite to ask any questions about it, including of her. She&rsquo;s a grown woman; she can speak for herself if anyone bothers to ask.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just remember the media did tell us that a Supreme Court justice&rsquo;s wife&rsquo;s flag was a national story, so this seems like fair game to me,&rdquo; Benson said.<\/p>\n<p>Benson referred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/editor-daily-rundown-gop-primary-election-results\/\" title=\"Editor Daily Rundown: GOP Primary Election Results\">viral news story<\/a> of an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3007682\/alito-questioned-wife-flew-upside-down-flag-yard-2020-election\/\">upside-down United States flag<\/a> hanging outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito&rsquo;s house. Alito said he had no involvement in putting this flag up, and that his wife had hung it in response to a neighbor&rsquo;s &ldquo;objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4500037\/two-dead-airplane-collision-laguardia-airport\/\"><strong>TWO DEAD IN AIRPLANE COLLISION AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT IN NEW YORK CITY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On March 6, Mamdani said that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayors-office\/news\/2026\/03\/transcript-_mayor-mamdani-launches-new-efforts-to-take-sidewalk-\">his wife is &ldquo;a private person<\/a> who has held no formal position&rdquo; in his administration or campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Mamdani&rsquo;s press office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media may pursue Mamdani&#8217;s wife posts; Benson fair game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2582827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26012768344658-e1774269022359.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[76367,74475,56552,72171,4410],"class_list":["post-2582826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-fair-game","tag-guy-benson","tag-mamdani","tag-social-media-2","tag-wife"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26012768344658-e1774269022359.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582830,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582826\/revisions\/2582830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}