The liberal media’s relentless campaign to paint a picture of pervasive victimhood in America has been dealt a devastating blow, exposed by the unraveling lies of one of their own far-left candidates. Communist Muslim NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has been caught in a web of his own fabrication, a stunning display of the dishonesty that has come to define the modern progressive left.
In a performance worthy of an award for melodrama, Mamdani stood before an Islamic center in the Bronx last Friday and feigned emotional distress. With what observers have rightly called fake tears, he delivered a tale of familial woe designed to stoke racial and religious divisions. He specifically invoked the memory of his aunt, claiming, “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.”
Seems like Mamdani’s only aunt, aka the real victim of 9/11, who was scared of taking the bus wearing her hijab, does not even wear hijab. pic.twitter.com/UVoS2Wx0Cc
— ثنا ابراهیمی | Sana Ebrahimi (@__Injaneb96) October 26, 2025
This story, perfectly tailored for a liberal narrative of a post-9/11 America seething with Islamophobia, was immediately and thoroughly debunked by intrepid reporters. It turns out that this entire, tear-soaked anecdote was a complete and utter fiction. The woman he identified as his aunt, Masuma Mamdani, did not even live in the United States at the time of the 9/11 attacks; she was residing in Tanzania. Furthermore, the central, symbolic detail of his story—the hijab—was also a lie, as his actual aunt does not even wear one.
Cornered by the truth, Mamdani did what all leftists do when their lies are exposed: he changed his story and lashed out. Confronted with the irrefutable facts on Monday, he performed a breathtaking act of rhetorical gymnastics. Suddenly, the “aunt” he so specifically referenced was no longer his aunt at all. Mamdani now claimed, “I was speaking about my aunt, I was speaking about Zehra Fuhi, my father’s cousin, who sadly passed away a few years ago.” He attempted to hide behind a linguistic technicality, asserting that “Fuhi means paternal aunt in Urdu and Hindi,” a transparent and pathetic attempt to gaslight the public and the press.
But the audacity of the lie was matched only by the audacity of his response. Instead of offering a sincere apology for exploiting a national tragedy and a religious symbol for political gain, Mamdani had the gall to play the victim once more. He petulantly chastised his critics, including Andrew Cuomo, for having the temerity to question his dubious and ever-shifting story. He deflected from his own monumental falsehood, stating, “And for the takeaway for my more than 10-minute address about Islamophobia in this race and in this city to be the question of my aunt tells you everything about Andrew Cuomo and his inability to reckon with a crisis of his own.”
This entire sordid episode is a perfect microcosm of the liberal media and the Democratic Party they serve. They traffic in manufactured outrage and fabricated grievances, constructing a reality designed to make Americans feel ashamed of their country and to divide citizens along racial and religious lines. They believe a compelling lie is more powerful than an inconvenient truth. This stands in stark contrast to the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, who has always been a fierce defender of America’s true history and who speaks with blunt, unvarnished honesty. President Trump champions an America where citizens are united by shared patriotism, not divided by the cynical, invented victimhood of radical leftists like Zohran Mamdani. The liberal media continues to provide a platform for these lies, revealing their deep-seated contempt for the intelligence of the American people and for the genuine, unifying strength that President Trump embodies.