Posted on 01/03/2026 5:20:12 AM PST by DFG
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sparked outrage Friday after ordering that 16 state landmarks – including Manhattan’s One World Trade Center – be illuminated in green to celebrate “the heritage and culture of Muslim Americans.”
Hochul’s decision to light up the skyscraper erected on the site where the Twin Towers were knocked down by terrorists during the 9/11 attacks was decried as “tone deaf” and “disgusting” by several social media users.
“The twin towers were unable to be lit green tonight,” Queens Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino wrote on X.
“It’s disgusting that the Freedom Tower – which stands at the World Trade Center site – is lit in green to celebrate Islam,” fumed Angela Morabito, a spokeswoman for the Defense of Freedom Institute, in a post on X.
“What ‘contributions of Muslim communities’ are you honoring here, Governor?” she continued. “The time the worst among them killed thousands of innocent Americans?”
Hochul signed a proclamation Friday declaring January as Muslim American Heritage Month in the Empire State for the first time.
“The resilience, compassion, and contributions of Muslim communities help make our state stronger,” the governor wrote on X, including images of One World Trade Center and other buildings in the state lit up in green – which is considered a sacred color in Islam.
Several social media users were left in disbelief by Hochul’s order.
“There must be some mistake, this can’t be real??” wrote one shocked X user.
Political activist Drew Pavlou remarked, “Lighting up the new World Trade Center in the colours of Islam is a bit much, don’t you think.”
“Of all the tone deaf things, this is the deafest,” another person argued.
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If she really wanted to celebrate Muslim American Heritage Month, she’d have a plane fly into it.
It only took 25 years for NYC to roll over to Islam. Hamas on the Hudson. They’ve won. Kathy is overjoyed.
Eventually there will be Unintended Consequences https://share.google/6WD9mYZiOqLLRvyw6
Just plain wrong...and ignorant. Muslims have contributed nothing but pain....and that is their goal. This lighting represents their “dominance” mandate and Motto....”Kill all the Christians and Jews”.
> It only took 25 years for NYC to roll over to Islam. <
Trace it back to George “Islam is peace” Bush. He set the tone.
Say what you want about FDR. But FDR correctly identified the enemy right after Pearl Harbor. He sure didn’t tell us “Japan is peace”.
mooslimb MONTH???? Wow just wow.
“Ya, let’s celebrate the enemies of the world in honor of Satan!” .... /sarc
To approve anything by Muslims is UnAmerican.
The left is for anything that they think hurts conservatives, anything. One day soon, muzzies will be in control, sharia will be the law of NYC, and they’ll be tossing gays off of One World Trade Center.
Watching America rot is heartbreaking. I’ll have to console myself by watching muzzies put the boot to their leftist enablers.
I noticed the NY Post didn’t allow remarks on this story.
Just following in the footsteps of London.
First, there is no such person as a “muslim-American.”
They are not here to be Americans.
There are no Muslim Americans , just Muslim invaders currently colonizing America
What happened to the separation of Church and State?
You need a serious change of attitude.
America is not rotting.
The City States that have resigned and are no longer America are terminally diseased with the cancerous European liberalism.
The cancer has been stopped. It is not metastasizing. President Trump is seeing to the resistance all over the country.
The City States are terminally infecte4d and are in fact dying. They are no longer what they once were. They can not be sustained.
The City States must actually die since there is no cure or hope for salvation.
9/11 - Star Spangled Banner - Fox - 16 Sep 2001
https://youtu.be/aIVAQg1W7Zs
9/11 - God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood - 20 Sep 2001 - Fox - WITH Chyron
https://youtu.be/_W8E911f7Ec
I, like everyone else, spent that week in front of the TV. And recorded as much as possible. Fox News made both of these.
If you didn’t know, our government hates us.
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