Last week, Muslim socialist Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral election. In the days following, a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) official sought to characterize Mamdani’s victory as a “political and ideological revolt against the American establishment.”

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From Breitbart:

The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Ohio chapter described the election of New York City’s new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, as both a “coup” against the Democratic Party elites and a “referendum” on Palestinian and Lebanese “resistance,” framing the victory as a political and ideological revolt against the American establishment.

Khalid Turaani made the remarks on Lebanon’s Mayadeen TV the day after Mamdani’s election, according to a video released by MEMRI. The comments cast the win as a revolt against the U.S. political order and a symbolic triumph for anti-Israel movements, echoing his claim that the result punctured the party hierarchy.

“I believe [Zohran] Mamdani represents an opposition to the entire American deep state,” Turaani said. “Through this historic victory, which is unprecedented in modern times, Mamdani has defeated the traditional Democratic Party.”

Turaani also referenced Senator Chuck Schumer, calling him a “Zionist” and a “Jewish New Yorker.” He cited Senator Schumer’s refusal to endorse Mamdani as more evidence that the socialist’s victory is an attack on the Democratic establishment.

Turaani additionally tied Mamdani’s victory to the conflict in Gaza. He characters New York City as “an extremist Zionist fortress of support for the Israeli occupation state,” calling Mamdani’s election a “referendum over the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance.” There is some truth to this, Breitbart notes. Post-election polling reportedly showed that 83% of Mamdani voters cited Palestine as their primary motivation.

You can view his these comments in the video below.

CAIR is a dangerous player in American politics that many intercessors are likely already familiar with. The organization was one of Mamdani’s largest funders according to Breitbart, contributing $120,000 to the mayor-elect’s campaign. It has also come under fire from Republicans, some of whom have called for federal investigations over CAIR’s alleged funding of terrorist organizations.

If an organization like CAIR is celebrating Mamdani’s win, that’s not a good sign. Let’s pray against the influences of radical Islam on our nation, and let’s continue to pray for Israel!

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(Excerpt from Breitbart. Photo Credit: InformedImages – Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=177396606)