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Zohran Mamdani ’s final pitch to be mayor of New York City is a cynical, divisive, and frankly, just flat-out false accusation that Gotham is a hotbed of vile Islamophobia . In a word, it is nonsense.

So far, Mamdani has told two personal stories about alleged anti-Muslim hate in New York, most famously one about his aunt, who turned out not to be his aunt, feeling uncomfortable riding the subway after nearly 3,000 people were killed in the mass hate crime that was 9/11 .

Mamdani was reduced to tears on the sidewalk as he told supporters the terrible tale. But there’s only one problem, even if this story is true (which is far from certain), it's not Islamophobia, it was just his non-aunt having a normal reaction.

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