AOC pushes back after Brandon Gill objects to Mamdani campaigning in Arabic

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., defended Democratic New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani after Republican Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, criticized him for campaigning in Arabic.

“Only a few a long time after September 11, the main candidate for mayor of New York is campaigning in Arabic. It is in regards to the humiliation,” Gill wrote in a publish on X, sharing a Mamdani marketing campaign video in Arabic.

The Republican made the feedback whereas retweeting a Mamdani publish on X, written in Arabic, with a video of the mayoral candidate talking the international language.

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Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, leaves a Home Republican Convention assembly on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs)

Ocasio-Cortez, who’s supporting Mamdani, retweeted Gill’s publish and commented“There are greater than 100 languages ​​spoken in our nice metropolis and it is truly a fairly wonderful a part of being an American. In case you are humbled by America and the range that drives the Nobel Prizes, Olympic gold medals and groundbreaking improvements and tradition, then that’s your accountability.”

Mamdani’s publish drew a broader Republican backlash. GOP Rep. Randy High quality of Florida shared Mamdani’s Arabic-language publish and claimed“When you do not communicate English, you should not be capable to vote.”

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Zohran Mamdani, candidate for mayor of New York Metropolis, holds palms with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on the finish of a marketing campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium within the Queens borough of New York Metropolis on Oct. 26, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

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Mamdani, a member of the Empire State Meeting, describes himself on his X profile as a ‘Democratic Socialist’.

President Donald Trump has urged Massive Apple voters to again former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo within the mayoral race.

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“A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who seems to be a lot better with out the beret!) is a vote for Mamdani,” the president stated of the Republican mayoral candidate in a Reality Social after.

“Whether or not you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you actually haven’t any alternative. It’s important to vote for him and hope he does an excellent job. He’s able to that, Mamdani shouldn’t be!” Trump claimed.

Election Day in New York Metropolis is Tuesday, November 4.