{"id":274965,"date":"2026-06-23T06:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274965\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:59:20","slug":"maher-pushes-back-on-khanna-defense-of-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274965\/","title":{"rendered":"Maher Pushes Back On Khanna Defense Of Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-04-13t000840z_1805598989_rc2ynkayd7l6_rtrmadp_3_new-york-mayor-100-days-5.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mayor-zohran-mamdani-delivers-his-100-days-address-in-queens-7\" wpb-att-id=\"467943\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-04-13t000840z_1805598989_rc2ynkayd7l6_rtrmadp_3_new-york-mayor-100-days-5.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mayor-zohran-mamdani-delivers-his-100-days-address-in-queens-7\" wpb-att-id=\"467943\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-04-13t000840z_1805598989_rc2ynkayd7l6_rtrmadp_3_new-york-mayor-100-days-5.webp\" class=\"alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mayor-zohran-mamdani-delivers-his-100-days-address-in-queens-7\" wpb-att-id=\"467943\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featuredImageCaption\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to deliver his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outlining the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, U.S., April 12, 2026. REUTERS\/David &#8216;Dee&#8217; Delgado<\/p>\n<p>(New York, New York) \u2013 Bill Maher is pushing back on Rep. Ro Khanna\u2019s praise of Zohran Mamdani, turning a New York political debate into a national argument over the future of the left.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna pointed to Mamdani\u2019s appeal across different groups, including Trump voters and Mamdani voters, as evidence that the Queens lawmaker can bring people together. Maher rejected that reading, arguing that a unifying public moment does not erase larger concerns critics have raised about Mamdani\u2019s politics and associations.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange matters because Mamdani has become a national symbol in the debate over urban progressivism. Supporters see him as energetic and coalition-minded, while critics say his record and rhetoric leave too many questions unanswered for voters who want a tougher line on public safety, antisemitism, and foreign-policy flashpoints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to deliver his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outlining the progress made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-274965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}