Mamdani backs candidate who called 9/11 'a terror attack that a couple of people did'

"[Mamdani] told me that while he has tremendous respect for everyone in this race, he has said that he will support Aber in whatever she pursues," top political advisor to the Mamdani transition, Sam McCann, said during the meeting, according to the newspaper.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Mamdani and has attempted to reach out to Kawas. 

That seat is being vacated by Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, who will challenge Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos, the Post reported. 

Kawas has been linked to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which has been accused of having ties to Hamas. On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation designating CAIR as a foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organization.

"The idea we have to apologize for a terror attack that a couple of people did and then there is no apology or reparations for genocides and for slavery… is something I find reprehensible," she added.