New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani stands with his mother Mira Nair and father Mahmood Mamdani during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025, in Queens, New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The elder Mamdani also argued during the talk that the racist and antisemitic Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany "were patterned after American laws."
Other comments included claims that there is no difference between "nationalism and colonialism" and that the Allied forces during World War II shared the same goals as the Nazis.
"The Nazi political project was shared by the Allies, and that political project was to turn Germany into a ‘pure’ nation. A ‘pure’ nation rid of its minorities," Mamdani said at the Asia Society event. "When the Allies defeated the Nazis and went into Eastern Europe, they began to create ‘pure’ nations. To ethnically cleanse Eastern Europe of Germans – move them back into Germany. One crime doesn't wipe out another."
Following the political upset in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, critics began unearthing videos of the younger Mamdani espousing similarly radical views.
One of those moments came from remarks the NYC mayoral candidate made at a Young Democratic Socialists of America conference in 2021, during which he told attendees not to compromise on goals like "seizing the means of production."
Zohran Mamdani, Mira Nair, Mahmood Mamdani and Nishant Tharani arrive at the world premiere of Disney's "Queen of Katwe" at Roy Thompson Hall as part of the 2016 Toronto Film Festival. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)
Professor Mamdani has also reportedly argued that Israel is "the logical conclusion of Nazism," according to an excerpt of a study chronicling his academic arguments shared by the Washington Free Beacon.
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