Controversy surrounding the Columbia University father of socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani resurfaced on social media after a video of him claiming that Adolf Hitler was inspired by President Abraham Lincoln went viral leading up to Tuesday’s election.
“Zohran Mamdani’s father: America is the root of all evil and was the inspiration for the nazis,” internet video editor Maze posted on X over the weekend along with a clip of Mahmood Mamdani that was viewed over 10 million times.
“Hitler learned genocide from Abraham Lincoln. I’m sure Zohran loves America though. Nice job NYC.”
The clip stems from a 2022 panel discussion hosted by the Asia Society, where Mahmood Mamdani asserted that America was the “genesis of what we call settler-colonialism” around the world, Fox News Digital reported in July.
“With the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln generalized the solution of reservations. They herded American Indians into separate territories,” Mamdani, Columbia’s Herbert Lehman professor of government, said.
“For the Nazis, this was the inspiration. Hitler realized two things: One, that genocide is doable. It is possible to do genocide, that’s what Hitler realized. Second thing Hitler realized is that you don’t have to have a common citizenship.”
The video received strong pushback from conservatives on social media.
“This is one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard, and I say that as someone who used to work at the Young Turks,” political commentator Dave Rubin posted on X.
“Like father like son,” Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham posted on X.
“What a joke — why are we importing people who hate America?” Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis posted on X.
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