Radical anti-Israel “Squad” member Rashida Tlaib has rallied “comrades” to back democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to become New York City’s next mayor.
The far-left congresswoman (D-Mich.) issued the call-to-arms to hundreds of Democratic Socialists of America members as she drummed up support for Mamdani during a virtual “organizing call” late Monday.
Tlaib, who is known for her extreme rhetoric, claimed Mamdani, a state Assembly member from Queens, needed far-left allies to help prevent the Trump administration’s “fascist regime” from filtering down into City Hall.
“To all my comrades on the phone, I mean, online right now, I want you to know… we have to be united against what’s happening here in Washington, DC — the fascist regime,” the 48-year-old rattled off as she introduced Mamdani on the call.
“A lot of it is trickling down at the local government right now,” she said.
“I know Zohran, myself, and so many others are not, you know, we’re not signing up for that. We know what is at stake. Our freedom and liberation is at stake, our freedom of speech is at stake, and so much more,” Tlaib added.
Roughly 270 people joined the Zoom call, though it wasn’t immediately clear how many of them were Big Apple voters.
Tlaib, a member of the US House of Representative’s far-left “Squad” alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), is known for her disdain of her own party’s support for Israel.
As the only Palestinian-American in Congress, she has been openly supportive of Hamas during her time in office and has even been censured by colleagues for defending Hamas and calling for the destruction of Jewish state.
During Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s address to Congress last spring, Tlaib was widely ripped for brandishing a sign accusing the Israeli leader of being a “war criminal” and “guilty of genocide.”
She also repeatedly berated then-President Joe Biden as an “enabler” over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war and even declined to endorse Kamala Harris as her party’s 2024 presidential pick.
Branded by some Republicans as the “poster child” for Trump derangement syndrome, Tlaib most recently held up real-time signs during President Trump’s joint session of Congress last month declaring him a “liar.”
Mamdani, for his part, staunchly defended Tlaib in the wake of her public backing, telling The Post on Tuesday that “New Yorkers deserve a mayor who will stand up to the Trump administration.”
“There are few who have fought back harder against this administration in its first term and now than Congresswoman Tlaib,” he said, adding “together we spoke about the importance of fighting back against Donald Trump’s billionaire backed assault on working people at every level.”
During the call, Tlaib had praised Mamdani as a candidate who wasn’t “going to waver.”
“Even if that title changes from state assembly to mayor, he is not going to sell out his community. He’s not gonna bow down like many others to this fascist regime,” she gushed.
“I can go on and on about him… There’s something incredible, something beautiful about his own lived experience but also the fact that someone like Zohran has been successful in telling our story.”
Tlaib’s support for the firebrand mayoral candidate comes as recent polling showed his support rising in a crowded Democratic mayoral primary.
One recent survey had him as the clear second-place finisher behind ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo (41%) — with 18% of support. His campaign, too, is expected to hit the fundraising cap set by the city’s Campaign Finance Board amid a flurry of small-dollar contributions.
— Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy
