BELLEVUE, WA – As far-left Socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to be the next New York City mayor rolls like a juggernaut toward next Tuesday’s election, a violent rap video showing a younger Mamdani waving a pistol around has surfaced to haunt him.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the wannabe Big Apple mayor, who called for a ban on all gun ownership in 2022, deserves the exposure. The video was, according to the Washington Free Beacon and Rolling Stone, made several years ago when Mamdani performed under the alias “Young Cardamom.” Included is one scene depicting a man being shot in the head at point blank range.
“Here’s a guy who is running to become New York’s next mayor, and who has vowed to launch a national gun ban effort if he is elected,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “yet he appeared in this terrible video which essentially promoted irresponsible, violent use of firearms. He’s not a political leader, he’s a huckster with a slick sales pitch that unfortunately is appealing to far too many New Yorkers. Even Politico describes him as a ‘34-year-old political star with zero executive experience.’ For him to claim some moral high ground on the gun issue is insult to the national intelligence.”
The Free Beacon story quotes Mamdani declaring, “As mayor, I will lead calls to ensure that we pass the legislation necessary beyond New York, such that every New Yorker can rest assured that we need not prepare for the next iteration of this horrific mass shooting.” He made the statement following the July shooting in a Manhattan office building involving a man who traveled across the country, violating existing gun laws in New York and New Jersey in the process.
“True to the anti-gun mindset of denial,” Gottlieb observed, “Mamdani didn’t acknowledge the complete failure of existing gun control laws to prevent that tragedy. He just wants to double down, erasing a constitutionally-protected fundamental right. Based on his video experience, maybe Mamdani shouldn’t own a gun, but that doesn’t mean tens of millions of level-headed, responsible American gun owners should give up their rights just to stroke this guy’s ego.
“Mamdani’s gun ban agenda is wrong for New York City and our constitutional rights,” Gottlieb said. “It is clear his ideas are wrong for America, especially when it comes to the Second Amendment.”