Family members who lost loved ones on 9/11 have started an online petition calling for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend the 25th 9/11
Giovanni Galante, a 9/11 widower, started the petition with a woman who lost her husband on 9/11. Galante's 29-year-old wife, Grace Catherine Galante, worked on the 105th floor of the north tower.
"We felt that having Mamdani there would show a disrespect to our family members because of the people he supports," Galante said.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that thousands of 9/11 families had signed the petition. The petition was signed by thousands, including some 9/11 families. This story has also been updated to include more of Dennis McKeon's interview.
Petition from 9/11 families asks NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend remembrance ceremony
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/911-remembrance-ceremony-zohran-mamdani-petition/?=0
13 Comments
username_1@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 11d
What are those people Mamdani supports? Why so vague terminology?
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 11d
nudge nudge wink wink
2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 11d
Gee, I wonder who these people voted for in the last presidential election. 9/11 survivors have been getting shafted by the government for decades, but somehow it only matters now, for the guy who's probably done more work for the people of NY in his short tenure than all the previous chucklefucks put together.
Real head-scratcher, this one.
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 11d
I know you are joking, but this is aipac shit, no question.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 11d
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 11d
And CBS.
CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 11d
Fuck that noise! That's some racist shit.
thethrilloftime69@feddit.online · 4 pts · 11d
Aipac really reaching with these headlines.
They'll encourage him not to attend and if he doesn't then they'll say he doesn't support 9/11 families.
ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 11d
$5 says that, if Mamdani were to pass on the ceremony because of this petition, 100% of the people who signed the petition would immediately start posting "Mamdani hates New Yorkers look he doesn't even support us on the anniversary of 9/11 he's a socialist weirdo and hates America" or some other shit like that. There's no winning with these wackjobs and it's pointless to even try
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
Petition from racists
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 11d
Doesn’t the Mayor of NYC always support the US deep state though?
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 11d
Not this one. This is a first. Now if we could only get white populists to fit white districts we could get somewhere. Yet somehow, we don't have a single white left populist in the game, other than Bernie, whom doesn't count as he is old and jewish.
Something is wrong, the establishment is sabotaging white left populists in the cradle so they can't challenge them is my point. The minorities on their own can't win, and we should all know that.
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
The thing about national tragedies is that the nation was affected, not just some of the families that lost loved ones. It's not their memorial to gate keep. I sympathize with their loss from 25 years ago, but they can get fucked.