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Widows, grieving moms of fallen NYPD officers slam Mamdani’s police support switcheroo after Midtown
https://nypost.com ^ | July 30, 202 | Tina Moore, Larry Celona and Matt Troutman

Posted on 07/30/2025 7:21:47 PM PDT by bitt

Widows and grieving mothers of fallen NYPD hero cops aren’t buying mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani’s pro-police switcheroo.

Mamdani tried to make a clean break from his “defund the police” past on Wednesday as he privately visited with the family of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, who was gunned down in the Midtown mass shooting by crazed gunman Shane Tamura.

“Now, when a police officer is killed he wants to say, ‘Oh, I support the police,’” Tatyana Timoshenko, the mother of slain NYPD Det. Russel Timoshenko, told The Post.

Timoshenko — whose 23-year-old son was shot and killed in 2007 while pulling over a stolen BMW — couldn’t shake Mamdani’s anti-cop past as the Democratic socialist reaffirmed his newfound support for police following his visit with Islam’s grieving relatives.

“This is breaking my heart all over again,” she said. “It’s the worst nightmare for the family right now. Our hearts go out to them.”

Grace Machate, the widow of Robert Machate — a 25-year-old NYPD officer who was shot and killed in 1989 — simply said that Mamdani would be “dangerous” for the city.

“Right now, he is saying everything that these young people want to hear,” she said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; curtissliwa; defundthepolice; ericadams; kathyhochul; larrycelona; mamdani; matttroutman; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; tinamoore; zohranmamdani
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1 posted on 07/30/2025 7:21:47 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/30/2025 7:22:02 PM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=500>)
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To: bitt; FRiends

My advice? ANY remaining Conservatives/Squishy Republicans (even the Trump Haters!) in New York City better get the hell out and VOTE!

Your life, and the lives of those you love, DOES depend upon it this time around!


3 posted on 07/30/2025 7:27:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: bitt

Mamdani will say anything as his nose grows and grows


4 posted on 07/30/2025 7:32:28 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: bitt

Wait...a lying commie?


5 posted on 07/30/2025 7:39:06 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: gundog

The NY Liberal women buy this punk’s act completely and they are going to make him mayor bank it.


6 posted on 07/30/2025 8:08:21 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: butlerweave

Just like Obeyme.


7 posted on 07/30/2025 8:14:28 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: gibsonguy

AWFLS’s are the bane of this country.


8 posted on 07/30/2025 8:16:40 PM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: TTFlyer

Indeed


9 posted on 07/30/2025 8:25:01 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: gibsonguy

I guess if they consent to being raped, it isn’t really rape.


10 posted on 07/30/2025 8:34:46 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: bitt

Vivek Ramaswamy must be breathing a sigh of relief. He’s no longer the sleaziest, most insincere Indian-American politician on the scene.


11 posted on 07/30/2025 8:35:28 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: bitt

After watching his press conference you know they are grooming him to be the next president in 2028 just like Obama. He’s a sick talker but a huge liar but the young idiot voters won’t hear that watching MSDNC or CNN


12 posted on 07/30/2025 8:56:04 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: bitt

in his remarks upon finally returning to NYC, his appropriation of the grief of the Islam family followed by a condemnation of those who would use the tragic situation for political ends (!) was too much to take. he’s quite the snake.


13 posted on 07/30/2025 11:09:51 PM PDT by avital2
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To: bitt

An infidel killed a Muslim. Of course that’s a travesty in Mamdani’s eyes, from a purely tribal perspective. Should be the other way around.


14 posted on 07/31/2025 12:02:34 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Zhang Fei; bitt

An infidel killed a Muslim. Of course that’s a travesty in Mamdani’s eyes, from a purely tribal perspective. Should be the other way around.

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All the MSM reporting stops after “mandami held the family of the deceased police officer in his arms”

They omit the muzzle connection

Would he offer the same compassion to the family of a deceased Irish cop?


15 posted on 07/31/2025 12:51:04 AM PDT by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Seriously.

The number of eligible voters who DON’T vote is appalling, and they are as responsible as if they pulled the lever for the democrat.

I’ve heard the same thing about CA. If all the registered gun owners got out and voted, they’d sweep the state and election fraud would be overwhelmed.


16 posted on 07/31/2025 12:53:34 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: bitt

The Commie is a giant fraud.


17 posted on 07/31/2025 4:25:22 AM PDT by cp124 (Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: bitt

Democrats lie- it’s what they do.
I hope that family told Mamadama exactly what they thought of him. He had a lot of nerve showing up with his cameras.


18 posted on 07/31/2025 5:44:11 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: bitt

When this communist muslim is elected he’ll cut to the bone police and law enforcement funding...everyone knows. Liar


19 posted on 07/31/2025 5:49:33 AM PDT by krug
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