Curtis Sliwa
Role at the time: Political figure and radio host
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Sliwa called the effort to exclude Mamdani ridiculous and said the office of mayor should be respected.
“He’s the mayor. Stop being sore losers!”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Curtis Sliwa calls campaign to exclude Mamdani from 9/11 ceremony “ridiculous”Direct remarks and embedded X video
Reports Sliwa's direct response to the campaign and embeds Elizabeth Kim's original X video of the exchange.
Why we used this label
He directly defended Mamdani's attendance based on his elected office.