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The Daily Signal Podcast

Victor Davis Hanson: Zohran Mamdani's Skeletons Are Coming Out of the Closet

The Daily Signal Podcast

The Daily Signal

News, Government, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

With no record of holding a real job outside activism, music, and campaigning, Mamdani has built his political identity on class warfare, racial rhetoric, and far-Left ideology. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the latest on Mamdani in today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ Barack Obama, when he was president, ordered a predator hit team on and killed [Anwar] al-Awlaki in a targeted assassination….Now we learned in 2015, years after that Obama hit on this ISIS figure, Mamdani was defending him and saying, basically, he turned radical because FBI surveilled him.  “He has some other disturbing things, as well. He posted a video on his social media of Indian Americans dressed as if they were Hasidic Jews. And they were making fun of the Hanukkah celebration. And they had a menorah there. And they were chanting, as if they were rap music. It was very derogatory toward Jews. Yet, why would he put that on his social media account?” (0:00) Introduction to Zohran Mamdani (0:57) Controversial Statements and Actions (2:24) Defending Extremists (3:47) Cultural Insensitivity and Identity Issues (5:56) Conclusion 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1    👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273    👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6

We've talked before about the frontrunner in the New York mayorial race, Zolan Mamdani.

0:35.6

Because he is such an extremist figure, and now that he's in the public realm, everything

0:40.9

is starting to come out.

0:42.1

Just give you a couple of examples.

0:43.7

Barack Obama, when he was president, ordered a predator hit team on it.

0:47.9

Killed Al-Lakki, and they targeted assassination.

0:50.5

I don't know if you remember him, Al-Aulaki.

0:52.8

He was an American citizen that went to Yemen, and he advocated killing Americans, and he was a terrorist.

0:58.0

Now we learned in 2015, years after that, Obama hit on this ISIS figure.

1:05.0

Mamdani was defending him and saying, basically, he turned radical because FBI surveilled it.

1:10.0

People don't go become terrorist kingpins because the American FBI thinks you're a person of interest.

1:15.3

That's crazy.

1:27.3

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.

1:30.2

We've talked before about the frontrunner in the New York mayorial race, Zolan Mamdani.

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