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Mother of 9/11 Victim Calls Out Anti-Mamdani Attacks

5 claims checked · Published September 2026 · Checked September 2026

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  1. Claim 1
    Accurate98% confidence▶ 0:03
    “to try and ban New York Mayor Zoran Mandani, who is Muslim, uh from the commemoration ceremony at ground zero at 911.”

    Efforts were made to exclude New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, from the September 11 commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero.

    News reports documented petitions and public demands that Mamdani not attend the 25th-anniversary Ground Zero ceremony. Mamdani is also documented as New York City’s first Muslim mayor.

    The word "ban" is judged as referring to calls and petitions seeking to keep Mamdani from attending, not a formal legal exclusion order.

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  2. Claim 2
    Accurate94% confidence▶ 0:09
    “You have Republican politicians holding press conferences saying he's not welcome, claiming to speak on behalf of 9/11 families.”

    Republican or conservative politicians held a press conference with 9/11 victims’ relatives and called for Mamdani not to attend the ceremony, presenting the demand as aligned with victims’ families.

    Reports describe conservative politicians and elected officials appearing alongside 9/11 relatives at a City Hall news conference to demand that Mamdani stay away from the memorial service. The reporting supports the claim as referring to some politicians and relatives, not every Republican or every 9/11 family.

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  3. Claim 3
    Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 0:15
    “As someone who lost a daughter on 911, what do you say uh to”

    The speaker says they lost a daughter on September 11, 2001.

    The transcript does not identify the speaker, so the personal assertion cannot be independently confirmed from the available information.

    Sources: none found for this claim.

  4. Claim 4
    Accurate99% confidence▶ 0:25
    “He is the mayor of a city that won't be”

    Zohran Mamdani was New York City’s mayor at the time of the September 11, 2026 commemoration.

    The Associated Press identified Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s mayor during the 25th-anniversary September 11 commemoration.

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    • 1US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks

      SupportsIn the quarter-century since, Muslim Americans have played a growing role in public life from statehouses to Congress to New York City Hall, where Zohran Mamdani is the city’s first Muslim mayor.

  5. Claim 5
    Accurate100% confidence▶ 1:03
    “he will be there. He's planning to go.”

    Mamdani planned to attend the September 11 commemoration ceremony.

    Before the ceremony, Mamdani confirmed that he would attend the main memorial service and other September 11 events; subsequent reporting confirmed that he attended the ceremony.

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