AOC pushes back after Brandon Gill objects to Mamdani campaigning in Arabic
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Y) defended Democratic New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani after Republican Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, criticized her for campaigning in Arabic.
“Just a few decades after 9/11, the leading candidate for NYC mayor is campaigning in Arabic. Contempt is the point,” Gill wrote in a post on X, sharing Mamdani’s campaign video in Arabic.
The Republican made the comments while retweeting an Arabic-written Mamdani post on X that featured a video of the mayoral candidate speaking a foreign language.
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Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, leaves a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Ocasio-Cortez, who supports Mamdani, retweeted Gill’s post and commented“More than 100 languages are spoken in our great city, and that’s actually a pretty amazing part of being American. If you’re humbled by the diversity that powers America and our nation’s Nobel Prizes, Olympic Gold Medals, and groundbreaking innovations and culture, that’s your responsibility.”
Mamdani’s post sparked broader backlash from Republicans. GOP Rep. Randy Fine of Florida shared Mamdani’s Arabic post and alleged“If you can’t speak English, you shouldn’t be able to vote.”
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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani meets U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders I-Vt. at the end of his campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on October 26, 2025. and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. holding hands with. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Empire State councilwoman Mamdani describes herself as a “Democratic Socialist” on her X profile.
President Donald Trump has urged Big Apple voters to support former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the mayoral race.
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“A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who looks much better without the beret) is a vote for Mamdani,” the president said about the Republican mayoral candidate on Truth Social. to mail.
“Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You have to vote for him and hope he does a great job. He can do it, not Mamdani!” Trump asserted.
Election Day in New York is Tuesday, November 4.
