# NYC Mayor election thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 24, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085 "2025-06-24T17:40:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 144
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/144 "2025-06-28T13:06:01Z")
Democrats really need to get their shit together: Full Title: **Democratic Senator Gillibrand Goes on Islamophobic Rant Against Mamdan** i: The Democrat’s rant has sparked calls for her to resign over her bigoted language. > **[Gillibrand Goes on Islamophobic Rant About Mamdani as Republicans Try to...](https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-senator-gillibrand-goes-on-islamophobic-rant-against-mamdani/)** > > The Democrat’s rant has sparked calls for her to resign over her bigoted language. > Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (New York) went on an Islamophobic rant against New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a radio interview on Thursday, spewing lies about Mamdani and suggesting that he would represent a threat to public safety if elected. > > In an appearance on WYNC’s “Brian Lehrer Show,” the senator repeated numerous lies about Mamdani, echoing oft-repeated bigoted statements made about Palestinians and the pro-Palestine movement. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085)._