‘He Was Sending Seniors to Their Death’: Socialist Zohran Mamdani Downplays Anti-Police Tweets

Socialist New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani suggested at a debate Thursday that he would not defund the New York Police Department (NYPD) if elected in November’s election.

This, after Mamdani was pressed about his 2020 social media post calling the department “racist” and “anti-queer.”

Mamdani appeared to say he would support the Big Apple’s law enforcement officers, and he downplayed his past anti-police rhetoric. He also took a jab at his opponent, former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose administration saw an increase in nursing home deaths after the implementation of COVID-19 pandemic policies.

“As much as Andrew Cuomo wants to bring up tweets from 2020, which is around the same time that he was sending seniors to their death in nursing homes,” Mamdani said during the debate. “I am looking to work with police officers. Not to defund the NYPD. Looking to ensure that officers can actually do one job when they’re signing up to join that department.”

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