“The enemy is inside the gates,” Tuberville\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0with a picture of Mamdani at a Ramadan event and another of the 9\/11 terror attack in Lower Manhattan.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mamdani denounced the GOP senator’s post during his Ramadan event Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n “For nearly as long as there has been a New York City, there have been Muslim New Yorkers. And yet, for nearly just as long, those with power and platform have sought to dehumanize us,” the Democratic mayor said.<\/p>\n Lawmakers reject Islamophobic posts<\/p>\n Amid concern over rising Islamophobia and antisemitism as the 25th anniversary of 9\/11 approaches and after the recent attack on\u00a0a synagogue in Detroit<\/a>, leaders from both sides of the aisle rejected Tuberville’s post.<\/p>\n “It’s absolutely unacceptable, period. And I’m very, very disenchanted with my colleagues,” said Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, New York City’s\u00a0only Republican representative<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n “People like that should not be in public life. In fact, they are the lowest of the lows. I reject any kind of notion that it’s OK in public discourse or even in your own house to, not just harbor that hate, but to share it with others,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “The rise in Islamophobia and antisemitism is off the charts.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama). Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.<\/p>\n Jose Luis Magana \/ AP<\/p>\n “A deeply hateful post, clearly Islamophobic. Just mean, and I called on him to\u00a0take it down<\/a>\u00a0and to apologize, because we don’t need that kind of hate anywhere in this country,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said.<\/p>\n![\"Supreme](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ap26013632930632.jpg#.jpeg\")
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