Defended or excused
““I think he should be allowed to do that.””
Miller said Mamdani had assured families that he wanted to honor their loved ones and should be allowed to attend.
- Speaker
- Elizabeth Miller
- Capacity
- 9/11 family member and project director of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Zohran Mamdani
- Classification rationale
- She explicitly supported allowing Mamdani to attend for remembrance.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
A petition had asked that Mamdani be excluded from the commemoration.
After the quotation
Miller stressed that the focus should remain on remembrance 25 years later.
Evidence
Complete source record
Some 9/11 families defend Mayor Mamdani’s inclusion at remembrance ceremony (opens in a new tab)Interviews with Elizabeth Miller and Edward Ahmed Mitchell
CBS New York interviews a 9/11 family member supporting Mamdani's attendance and a CAIR representative characterizing calls for exclusion as anti-Muslim bigotry.