As you know, Zohran Mamdani's campaign made big waves this year. Democrats said he couldn't win, but the people are speaking. I have contacted your offices countless times asking you to think of us, protect us, fight for us; and you never do. Zohran showed us that a better world is possible. That he's as fed up, maybe more so, of the tired, geriatric, paid-for politics of this country. Business interests and personal gains do nothing for the working class, and we have been suffering. Older politicians refuse to understand us. We are constantly dismissed and waved off. We are living paycheck to paycheck on six digit salaries. We can't own homes. We're entering another needless war. What this letter is about isn't that the Democratic Party needs to wake up and start changing. It's the absolute and horrendous silence of democrats in light of the rampant and flagrant Islamophobia against Zohran.
How is it that the party of identity politics can turn a blind eye so effortlessly when it comes to a millennial Muslim liberal? If representatives said "this is the end of western civilization!", implied terrorist connections to 9/11, commented on religious law, tweeted a doctored photo of the Statue of Liberty with a yarmulke or a habit rather than the one posted in a burqa; heads would be rolling and there would be absolute outrage. There would be vehement calls for resignation. There would be violence. But with regard to a young Muslim man, you remain silent. You allow republicans and the president to attack and call him names. You've said nothing in response to the death threats he's received.
This letter is a demand to condemn the Islamophobia that is being so flagrantly thrown at Zohran and NYC without anyone doing a single thing to announce just how unacceptable it is. It is your responsibility and your duty to represent all New Yorkers, and you have failed so far to right this wrong. This letter is a demand for democrats to rally behind, support, and help Mamdani win this election. We chose him, it is your duty to serve the public, as you were elected to do; and the public elected Mamdani as our democratic candidate. Midterms are coming, and New Yorkers are tired of status quo politics. I urge you to condemn this Islamophobia, and stop sabotaging not only his candidacy but what the public voted for. We are watching and we are voting in solidarity. The game you're playing is what gave us Donald Trump, it's what is turning us over into a fascist authoritarian state. Democrats are the mother that stayed silent and followed orders while dad beat her and her children. You have a responsibility to stop the cataclysmic collapse of our democracy. Condemn the hate speech and death threats against Mamdani, and rally your support behind him.
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