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CAIR reportedly donated $100,000 to support Mamdani campaign for NYC mayor

The “Washington Free Beacon” found that CAIR’s Unity and Justice Fund donated the money to New Yorkers for Lower Costs, which backs the anti-Israel state representative.

Zohran Mamdani
New York State assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-N.Y.) speaking at a DSA 101 meeting at the Church of the Village in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on Nov. 11, 2024. Credit: Bingjiefu He via Wikimedia Commons.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ super PAC, Unity and Justice Fund, “quietly” funded anti-Israel New York state representative Zohran Mamdani in his effort to become New York City mayor to the tune of $100,000, The Washington Free Beacon reported, citing campaign records.

The $25,000 contribution on May 30 and the $75,000 gift on June 16 went to New Yorkers for Lower Costs, the largest PAC supporting Mamdani, per the Free Beacon.

“The backing of the Unity and Justice Fund and other anti-Israel organizations suggests New Yorkers for Lower Cost’s true interest in Mamdani lies in his anti-Israel views,” according to the publication. “Mamdani has refused to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist and earlier this week defended the phrase ‘globalize the Intifada,’ a rallying cry for violence against Jews worldwide.”

CAIR was among several groups that blamed Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023, for being attacked by Hamas.

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