CNN has finally gotten around to the controversy surrounding New York City First Lady Rama Duwaji. Back on March 7, Olivia Reingold of The Free Press reported that she'd found likes on more than 70 social media posts where Mayor Zohran Mamdani's wife praised the October 7 slaughter and kidnapping of Israelis and subsequent anti-Israel posts.
Guys that post was just the tip of the iceberg,
— Olivia Reingold (@Olivia_Reingold) March 7, 2026
I found 70+ radical anti-Israel posts liked by Rama Duwaji, wife of Zohran Mamdani. One calls October 7 a "mass rape hoax." https://t.co/ogwZfweh4v
Reingold reports:
In February 2024, a few months after The New York Times published an investigation into the sexual violence that occurred on October 7, 2023, Rama Duwaji, the wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, liked an Instagram post referring to the “mass rape” hoax that was “fabricated” by the paper.
That was just one of more than 70 Instagram posts uncovered by The Free Press in which the First Lady of New York City cosigned extreme positions against Israel. A sampling of the posts say Israel is waging a “vile land grab,” and the protesters who took over a Columbia University building in April 2024 were “on the right side of progress.” Another post liked by Duwaji, who identifies as Syrian but was born in Houston, Texas, calls for the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—which Mamdani has said he would honor if the Israeli leader steps foot in New York City on his watch. One post she liked referred to then-President Joe Biden as “Butcher Biden.”
The fact that the story was picked up by CBS News upset Ben "Hamas" Rhodes and Taylor Lorenz, who declared, "Literally no one gives a f**k."
Actually, I was very interested in Duwaji's social media history. Lefties cried when The Washington Free Beacon dug up posts from Duwaji when she was only 15, in which she used slurs like n****r and f****t. Age was no excuse, though, for her October 7 fangirling.
And there is the matter of her art. Ruwaji was thrown under the bus by the author of a book she'd illustrated: Susan Abulhawa, who has called Jews "rootless parasites," "cockroaches," and "rabid demons."
For his part, Mamdani has blown off the whole thing, saying that his wife is a private citizen.
CNN finally got around to covering the "new scrutiny" of Duwaji's art and social media.
Rama Duwaji: “N*gga, f*ggot, I love suicide bombers and plane hijackers.”
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) March 23, 2026
CNN: “Art and social media.” pic.twitter.com/Cjs4qDP2tN
Mostly peaceful racism and bigotry
— Vin Weasel (@Vin__Weasel) March 23, 2026
When X blocks the visibility of this comment for me saying FAGGOT, I am just going to contest it as art & see how that goes.
— Britney Michelle Cain (@xoBritneyC) March 23, 2026
Misinterpreted.
— BOOMERANGE🇨🇦 (@finethisisfine) March 23, 2026
Taken out of context.
Private citizen.
Resisting genocide. pic.twitter.com/dC81nZzeJe
I'd love to hear Jake Tapper 'splain this. 🍸🍿
— Based Jane Doh 🇺🇸✝️ (@BasedMaryKay) March 23, 2026
@CNN you are embarrassing yourselves.
— GraceInMotion (@Grace_InMotion) March 23, 2026
Wow shocked that CNN is actually covering this 😳
— Justice (@rgoodforyou) March 23, 2026
@ZohranKMamdani @NYCMayor any thoughts? Or is this considered Islamophobia?
— Shnak (@kmb4cvskxj) March 23, 2026
@CNN I really hope your shelf life comes to an end soon.
— Susan Bryan (@SueBeeBryan) March 23, 2026
Liberals, who've been acting as the speech police, get angrier every time a new news outlet picks up on the story. I'm shocked CNN wrote it up, although I can't find the story posted on its X feed. Maybe they thought they could cover it without anyone seeing it.
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