Aber Kawas and the Politics of Controversy

Wilmington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 1m

Aber Kawas, a progressive New York State Senate candidate, is facing a firestorm over old comments from 2017 where she appeared to suggest America deserved the 9/11 attacks and dismissed the need to apologize for them, comparing it to unresolved historical injustices. Aligned with socialist figures and focused on Gaza, she’s also leveraging her father’s deportation history as part of her campaign narrative. Calling the resurfaced remarks “cherry-picked” and part of a right-wing “Islamophobic smear,” Kawas claims her win in a deeply blue Queens district proves voters reject such attacks and…