Radical Israel-bashing “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib is doing a text blast to raise funds for a super PAC backing Zohran Mamdani for mayor — but not everyone is pleased with the solicitation.
Tlaib’s pitch recently showed up on the mobile phones of prospective donors courtesy of the pro-Mamdani group New Yorkers for Lower Costs.
Mamdani, as with the Michigan congresswoman, is an ardent foe of Israel and supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against the Jewish state.
“Zohran, who’s led hunger strikes for a cease-fire [in Gaza] and workers’ rights, isn’t raising any more money for his campaign under New York City’s public financing system,” Tlaib said in the solicitation.
The Mamdani campaign has already hit the maximum fundraising cap under the system after raising thousands of small donations that qualified it for the 8 to 1 in public matching funds.
New Yorkers for Lower Costs has raised about $60,000 in its efforts to date, although that’s a pittance compared to the more than $4 million secured by the Fix The City super Pac supporting Democratic mayoral front-runner and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“Andrew Cuomo, who’s on the legal team defending [Israel] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu for war crimes in Gaza, has millions pouring in from his billionaire-backed super Pac,” Tlaib complained in the ad for Mamdani.
“Zohran is getting drowned out on the airwaves. That’s why I’m supporting the official Zohran Mamdani support PAC — to run the ads Zohran can’t,” said the congresswoman — who has been openly supportive of the Palestinian terror group Hamas and called for the destruction of Israel.
A Jewish donor who is a staunch backer of Israel and requested anonymity told The Post they were “appalled” at receiving a text message from Tlaib on behalf of Mamdani.
Brooklyn state Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a strong ally of Israel, also said he is not surprised that Tlaib is being used as a fundraising tool by the pro-Mamdani camp.
“Unfortunately, in New York City, there are antisemites out there who would be receptive to her message, and Mamdani is the most antisemitic candidate New York has ever seen,” Yeger said.
Mamdani, a state assemblyman from western Queens, is running second behind Cuomo in recent Democratic primary polls.
Last month, Tlaib participated in a Democratic Socialists of America virtual organizing call for Mamdani, where she urged “comrades” to back him for mayor.
Tlaib, a member of the US House of Representatives’ far-left “Squad” alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx-Queens) and others, 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 it and for calling for the destruction of the Jewish state.
During 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.”
