Mamdani admits inaccuracy in post-9/11 story about aunt

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani admitted a major inaccuracy in a story he told to bring home his point about bigotry against Muslims in the United States.

Last week, Mamdani spoke through tears about the bigotry faced by Muslims in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, claiming his aunt was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subway. However, media scrutiny uncovered that the Democrat only had one aunt, who doesn’t wear a hijab and who was living in Tanzania at the time. On Monday, he altered his story, saying he was actually talking about a distant cousin.