New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani was booed off the stage while attending one of the city’s biggest pro-police celebrations on Staten Island. Mamdani attempted to address about 3,500 residents and families attending the New York Police Department’s 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime event on Tuesday.

Reception

His remarks, however, lasted less than a minute as loud boos, jeers and chants of ‘get out of here’ and ‘nobody wants you’ drowned out his voice. The mayor attempted to continue speaking for a short time, but the jeers drowned him out. After the boos continued, Mamdani thanked the crowd with his signature hand-over-his-heart gesture, waved and walked offstage smiling.

Conservative pundit Eric Daugherty reacted to the incident, saying, ‘Mamdani tried to deliver a speech at a New York Police event in Manhattan but was viciously booed and jeered off stage. He walked off in shame.’ Political commentator Joey Mannarino also weighed in, stating, ‘New York’s communist mayor Zohran Mamdani just got the reception he actually deserves. Booed, jeered, and screamed off the stage at an NYPD Night Out event in Staten Island in under a minute.’

Background

Mamdani has faced criticism over his relationship with police dating back to his mayoral campaign, which was dogged by questions about his past support for defunding the police. After his election, critics renewed those attacks when his budget included cuts to police funding and canceled plans to hire 5,000 new NYPD officers.

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