““Having lost friends there and being very close to many of the families, it offends me that he’s coming.””
Giuliani said Mamdani should skip the commemoration and presented Mamdani’s planned attendance as offensive. His broader assertions about Mamdani and Muslims are treated as Giuliani’s position, not established facts.
- Speaker
- Rudy Giuliani
- Capacity
- Former mayor of New York City during the September 11, 2001 attacks
- Observed
- September 6, 2026
- Published here
- September 9, 2026
- Targets
- Zohran Mamdani
- Classification rationale
- Giuliani expressly urged exclusion from the ceremony and framed Mamdani as unsuitable to attend.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
During a Newsmax appearance, Giuliani was asked whether Mamdani should skip the 25th-anniversary commemoration.
After the quotation
Giuliani continued with assertions about Mamdani, Islam, and the attackers. The case separately records Mamdani’s stated reason for attending and named responses supporting his attendance.
Evidence
Complete source record
Full Newsmax interview cited and linked by NY1. Giuliani said Mamdani should skip the memorial and made broader claims about Mamdani and Muslims; those claims are recorded as Giuliani’s assertions, not established facts.