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Public disputes concerning hostility, prejudice, discrimination, or exclusion directed at Muslims or attributed to Muslim identity.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: September 10, 2026 to September 11, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: September 10, 2026 to September 11, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: September 10, 2026 to September 11, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. Senator (R-TX)
Response to this claim
A four-second video clip shows Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laughing inappropriately while the names of September 11 victims were being read.
“How the hell do you laugh while the names of those murdered on 9/11 are being read aloud?”
CNN's detailed account of the Mamdani-Giuliani handshake and the disputed Mamdani-AOC clip, including direct quotes from Mamdani, Ragusa, Cruz, and Niou.
Cruz directly criticizes what he characterizes as Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez laughing during the reading of victims' names, an express condemnation.
Role at the time: U.S. senator speaking at the Republican midterm convention
Response to this claim
El-Sayed supports Sharia law and treats opposition to it as white supremacy.
“When Abdul El-Sayed says he has a, quote, ‘obligation,’ to comply with Sharia law, he means it.”
CNN reporting syndicated by KTVZ quotes Cruz’s September 10 Republican midterm-convention speech and explains that the referenced 2009 New York Times interview concerned El-Sayed’s personal effort to follow Sharia rules while seeking a mortgage.
Cruz used the prior statement to criticize El-Sayed’s political values, rather than describe its original personal-practice context.
