New York City’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, on Sunday repeatedly refused to condemn the phrase, “globalize the intifada,” during an interview despite insisting that he doesn’t personally use it.

On the same day, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized Mamdani for defending the phrase, which refers to violent uprisings, during an interview on ABC News’s This Week.