Posted on 04/04/2026 7:14:08 AM PDT by Libloather
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism from local politicians and onlookers on social media over comments he made that critics say places blame on guns rather than criminals in an incident involving the shooting death of a 7-month-old child in Brooklyn.
"This is not our first family to know this pain," Mamdani said in response to a 7-month-old baby girl, Kaori Patterson-Moore, who was killed by a stray bullet on Wednesday afternoon when a gunman on a moped opened fire on a Brooklyn street in a suspected gang-related incident.
"Too many children have never grown up into becoming adults. To parents who’ve had to bury those they love most. We cannot accept it as normal in our city. We cannot grow numb to this pain, and today is a devastating reminder of just how much more work there is to be done… to combat gun violence across the city."
The clip, along with other comments by Mamdani, have sparked criticism from local politicians, experts and onlookers who say the mayor is blaming guns instead of criminals and implementing policies that embolden those criminals.
"Literally anything but blaming the criminals who our system releases onto our streets repeatedly, over and over again, with no consequences," NYC Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino posted on X. "Absolute disgrace."
"If only New York had strict gun laws," Power the Future Executive Director and New York City native Daniel Turner posted on X.
Manhattan Institute fellow Rafael A. Mangual told Fox News Digital that Mamdani’s "references to the means by which this heinous crime was committed suggests that he is uncomfortable with acknowledging that the murder of Kaori Patterson-Moore was committed by two evil thugs whose callous disregard for the value of human life should disqualify them from ever experiencing freedom."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
LIEberal Democrats all!
They are DemonBRATS!
Dang old guns, just going out there, killing people all by themselves!
Good grief. The lies people tell themselves to avoid reality.🙄
“They are DemonBRATS!”
You might add the adjective heartless.
wy69
He’s one of em.
.......leaving him alive to create mischief elsewhere with the Muslim Brotherhoodies?
I am rooting for the Trotsky-ites within his own cadre to send him to the 72 Virgins.
Mandani was probably wishing the child was Jewish so he could go around passing out candy like he did on Oct 7th..this guy is a piece of crap, but this is what NYC voted for
Thats true and if the left had their way only they would have guns so they could slaughter conservatives
Prayers sent for the baby…🙏🏻😢 how horrible.
Yes, but he has such a nice smile!…/s
I didn’t even know they caught the first guy, but now they have the second one, too. “Accused” only, so far, of course.
https://www.amny.com/news/brooklyn-baby-shooting-second-suspect-caught-04032026/
Manmandamnhe is very casual about the death of an innocent child. Just, terrible! He has no plan or will to stop this.
Hopefully, justice will be served.
It’s always so depressing to see innocent children being caught in the crossfire in situations for which they carry no blame…😞
For Mamdani it is the will of fake allah.
Ya get what ya vote for.
Hopefully, someone will take him and his pro-palestinian wife out. Soon.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.