New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday compared the story of the Irish to the liberal narrative about Palestinians during a St. Patrick’s Day event. 

At the event, Mamdani recognized former Irish president and the United Nations’s former high commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, who was in attendance. The mayor praised Robinson’s record on climate issues, LGBT issues, feminism, and “reproductive rights.” He also hailed what he described as her record of support for Palestinians, whom he said have endured hardship similar to that of the Irish.