Rudy Giuliani Offers Zohran Mamdani Blunt Advice After Election Win — From One Mayor to Another

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Ex-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani offered the city’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, some advice – from one mayor to another – bluntly urging him not to take office at all.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old self-described Democratic socialist, stunned New York’s political establishment with his rapid ascent in this year’s Democratic primary, defeating a crowded field that included former Governor Andrew Cuomo (who later launched an independent bid in a failed attempt to reclaim City Hall). Mamdani was elected in early November.

Speaking to the New York Post on Tuesday, Giuliani said:

My advice to him is to step down and do something else.

Giuliani, who served two terms as a Republican mayor between 1994 and 2001 before becoming an attorney for President Donald Trump, also branded Mamdani “a communist, right out of Karl Marx.”

“I’m not worried that he’s a Muslim. I’m worried that he supports Muslim extremism,” Giuliani said, adding, “Zohran Mamdani is a serious security threat to the United States of America. He’s a communist and a sympathizer for Muslim terrorism.”

According to The Post, Giuliani cited a campaign photo showing the mayor-elect with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, a Brooklyn cleric, who was named as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Wahhaj has denied any involvement in the plot.

The former mayor went on to condemn Mamdani’s criticism of Israel and the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling his stance “antisemitic” and linking it to Mamdani’s support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement.

“The BDS movement wants to wipe out the State of Israel. Mamdani is one of the best-known antisemites in the country,” Giuliani told the newspaper.

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