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Blakeman Demands Back Turn at 911 Memorial | US News
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is calling for attendees of the upcoming 25th anniversary September 11 memorial to turn their backs on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani if he shows up, citing the mayor’s past anti-Israel rhetoric as incompatible with honoring victims. Blakeman, who lost his nephew in the South Tower, plans to protest peacefully if Mamdani attends — despite the mayor’s vow to honor survivors and first responders, even as some victims’ families urge him not to go. The tension centers on Mamdani’s perceived silence around inflammatory slogans like “globalize the…
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