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‘Get out of town!’: Staten Island crowd confronts Zohran Mamdani at anti-Trump rally
Foc News ^ | 8/13/25 | Deirdre Heavey Fox News

Posted on 08/14/2025 5:03:15 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Not everyone was eager to welcome New York City's Democratic mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, to Staten Island on Wednesday afternoon.

"Go back to where you came from. We don't want you on Staten Island," a protester wearing a "Trump girl" t-shirt and holding an American flag shouted at the 33-year-old self-described socialist as he exited the backdoor of the Istanbul Bay Authentic Mediterranean Restaurant.

Inside the event, as Mamdani kicked off his third anti-Trump event of the week, protesters outside the restaurant drowned out the introductory speeches with their cowbells, sirens and megaphones.

Despite the heat in the crowded restaurant and his detractors outside, Mamdani maintained a smile throughout the event and told reporters, "It saddens me to hear language of being told to go back to where I came from, and yet, it is not surprising because it is so much of what characterizes President Trump's politics."

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mamdani; statenisland; trump

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Well Fox seems to want to portray Trump supporters as neanderthals, while the protesters are telling Mamdani to go back to his communist glass house.
1 posted on 08/14/2025 5:03:15 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Possibly a paid mob to make Trump supporters look bad.


2 posted on 08/14/2025 5:12:09 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: DallasBiff

Yeah, I heard he’s backed by a Chinese billionaire. The chinese do everything to screw us over. i used to tolerate the Chinamen. Now I can’t stand them. Murdering millions of people with bioweapons does that to your reputation. To hell with them.


3 posted on 08/14/2025 5:14:40 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: BradyLS

I doubt that was a paid mob. Nor do I think it makes Trump look bad.


4 posted on 08/14/2025 5:19:21 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: DallasBiff

Staten Island secession!


5 posted on 08/14/2025 5:21:55 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: MarlonRando
I heard he’s backed by a Chinese billionaire.

The New York Leftist Democrats who put this guy in the race love that others would blame the Chinese instead of blaming them. They're never to blame. Never ever ever.

6 posted on 08/14/2025 5:27:12 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

This is what happens with ranked choice.....it’s a rigged system. I hope it winds up in Supreme Court.


7 posted on 08/14/2025 5:44:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: MarlonRando

Maybe Mumdani would be more welcome in China. His politics would, at least with a certain segment of those who aligned with it.


8 posted on 08/14/2025 5:45:04 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: DallasBiff
Why does this image pop in my head every time I hear this guys name?



9 posted on 08/14/2025 5:51:14 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: BradyLS

Or - maybe just patriots who don’t want to be run by communists...


10 posted on 08/14/2025 5:53:36 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: BradyLS

With folks like you, spouting leftist pap, who needs enemies?


11 posted on 08/14/2025 5:54:46 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Tommy Revolts

LOL! That’s funny and true.


12 posted on 08/14/2025 5:59:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: DallasBiff

Staten Island understands what’s going on with NYC. If Democrats had their way, they’d redistrict the city where Staten gets zero representation.


13 posted on 08/14/2025 6:07:12 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: DallasBiff
Mamdani maintained a smile throughout the event and told reporters, "It saddens me to hear language of being told to go back to where I came from, and yet, it is not surprising because it is so much of what characterizes President Trump's politics."

"They should sit back and let us Socialists and Communists ruin the USA," Mamdani continued. "Free stuff to all. Why work?"

14 posted on 08/14/2025 6:11:56 AM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: BradyLS
Possibly a paid mob to make Trump supporters look bad.

Most likely that YOU'RE RIGHT about that!

15 posted on 08/14/2025 6:13:05 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: VideoDoctor

No. The counter demonstration was organized by Trump supporter Scott Lobaido. I heard him describing the plans on Sid Rosenberg’s WABC morning show.


16 posted on 08/14/2025 7:56:11 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: T.B. Yoits

This is the article I’m referencing:

https://nypost.com/2025/07/12/us-news/jews-for-zohran-mamdani-group-tied-to-niece-of-lefty-china-based-billionaire/


17 posted on 08/14/2025 11:45:55 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: DeplorableTrumpSupporter

Where does Madmani think she told him to go back to? She most likely meant Manhattan. Was he feeling guilty about Uganda?

EC


18 posted on 08/14/2025 12:01:46 PM PDT by Ex-Con777 (Leftists quote the Constitution like an atheist quotes the Bible)
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To: DallasBiff

Staten Island is the New York City equivalent of far northern California, inland Washington and Oregon and downstate Illinois, all pockets of relative sanity in anarcho-tyrannical jurisdictions.


19 posted on 08/14/2025 12:05:13 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: DallasBiff

Turn about is fair play.


20 posted on 08/14/2025 12:11:13 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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