Watch: Zohran Mamdani Refuses to Condemn the Phrase ‘Globalize the Intifada’

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani repeatedly refused to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada.”

Host Kristen Welker said, “I want to ask you about an issue that has divided New Yorkers in recent weeks. You were recently asked about the term globalize the intifada makes you uncomfortable. In that moment, you did not condemn the phrase. It is a phrase that many people here use as a call to violence against Jews. So I want to give you the opportunity to respond, do you defend that phrase?”

Mamdani said, “That is not language I use. The language I used to lead this city is that, which is clearly my intent, grounded in the release of human rights.

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