Condemned
““those families should have the say who’s going to show up””
Sheehy backed the petition by arguing that affected families should decide who attends.
- Speaker
- Tim Sheehy
- Capacity
- United States senator from Montana
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Zohran Mamdani
- Classification rationale
- He supported the petitioners' authority to exclude Mamdani.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Fox News asked senators whether Mamdani should attend given petitioners' objections.
After the quotation
Sheehy also criticized Mamdani's political positions and associations.
Evidence
Complete source record
GOP senators back 9/11 families’ petition to exclude Mamdani (opens in a new tab)Interviews with Sens. Tim Sheehy and John Kennedy
Reports senators' responses to the petition. Sheehy endorsed giving families control over attendance; Kennedy answered with a disparaging conditional statement.