by Doree Lewak and Matt Troutman at New York Post
Jewish New Yorkers were “stunned” and “disgusted” in the run-up to Tuesday’s mayoral primary by bizarre pro-Zohran Mamdani text messages claiming to come from a friend of a slain Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack victim.
Jewish New Yorkers were “stunned” and “disgusted” in the run-up to Tuesday’s mayoral primary by bizarre pro-Zohran Mamdani text messages claiming to come from a friend of a slain Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack victim.
The shady sender told a registered Democratic voter — who shared the texts with The Post — that they were an Orthodox Jew supporting Mamdani, a vocal critic of Israel and its war in Gaza.
“I want to go a bit off script for a second because I’m Jewish, wear a kippah every day, and I support Zohran,” the text said.
“My friend Idan was murdered on October 7 at the Re’im music festival. The war is personal to me, as it is to many in our community. Idan believed in peace, just like Zohran does,” the June 12 message continued, invoking the memory of a murdered Israeli.
The gobsmacking messages came after the Jewish voter responded to…
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