Mamdani and Giuliani shake hands at 9/11 commemoration
Mamdani attended despite Giuliani’s objections as former presidents and Vice President J.D. Vance joined families in a ceremony with a seventh moment of silence.
- On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the 25th annual 9/11 memorial ceremony at Ground Zero, where he exchanged a handshake with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
- Earlier this week, Giuliani unleashed an Islamophobic tirade during a Newsmax interview, demanding Mamdani skip the memorial and making baseless claims that he supports a Muslim anti-American plot.
- Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of city records on the governmental response to 9/11, accusing former leaders of lying to New Yorkers about toxic air safety at Ground Zero.
- The video of the handshake drew more than 2.5 million views by Friday afternoon, sparking mixed reactions including criticism from right-wing activist Laura Loomer.
- Politics largely took a backseat on Friday as families gathered to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost 25 years ago, with the 9/11 Memorial ceremony featuring a seventh moment of silence for attack-related illnesses.
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Right-wingers in 'shock' after Giuliani shakes Mamdani's hand at Ground Zero
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani shook hands with Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) at the Ground Zero ceremony, five days after he told the mayor not to attend because his presence offended him.Video from ABC7NY, posted on X on Friday morning, showed Mamdani approaching Giuliani before the two men shook hands in a crowd of guests at the commemoration.The ceremony marked 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, which killed 2,977 people. Giuliani …
Guiliani And Mamdani Share Tense Exchange At Ground Zero
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani came face-to-face at Ground Zero on Friday after days of public tension surrounding the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The two men were captured shaking hands outside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, putting aside their increasingly bitter war of […]
The Economic Times
Times of India'It offends me… he’s coming': Mamdani attends 9/11 memorial, meets former Mayor Giuliani, VP Vance
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the 25th annual 9/11 memorial ceremony at Ground Zero despite former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s public objection to his presence. Giuliani had said Mamdani should not attend the ceremony, but the two crossed paths at Ground Zero and shared a brief handshake.
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New York MagazineGiuliani Manages to Be Cordial to Mamdani at Ground Zero
New York Magazine: “News cameras captured the moment as Mamdani and Giuliani shared a brief handshake and a few words, inaudible in the recording. On social media, several people concluded that Giuliani likely said, ‘I’ll pray for you. It’s a really hard job.'”
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