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Mamdani is ‘thin-skinned and hyper-sensitive’ in private despite unflappable social media image: political sources
New York Post ^ | Aug. 6, 2026, 6:51 p.m. ET | Craig McCarthy and Matt Troutman

Posted on 08/06/2026 6:31:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

He’s a real prima-dani.

Social media-savvy Mayor Zohran Mamdani is developing a reputation IRL as “thin-skinned” and hyper-sensitive to public criticism, despite hyping himself online as a smiling and unflappable politician, scores of insiders spilled to The Post.

Behind the scenes, Hizzoner huffily badgers critics who dare question him publicly, harbors petty grudges against prominent pols and often only responds to texts when he’s miffed about bad press, according to interviews with more than a dozen elected officials, consultants and other politicos.

“I see more and more he cannot handle criticism, but mainly from elected officials who he thinks he can push around,” one political consultant said.

“The mayor personally reaches out when electeds criticizes him publicly. If they speak, then he cares. He cares because he doesn’t want bad press. It shows a sensitivity.”

The insiders who spoke with The Post about Mamdani asked to remain anonymous to avoid crossing a touchy mayor with whom they must deal over matters of governance and politics.

His reputed simmering irritation recently boiled over after city Jewish leaders called on him to “stop fanning the flames of hatred” against Israel in the wake of an alleged antisemitic stabbing attack on the Upper West Side.

Sources said the mayor personally called at least one elected official who attended the news conference, complaining about being told to tone down his rhetoric — and upset that their exhortation was connected to his video branding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal,” which was posted days before the attack.

The controversial two-minute clip, delivered direct-to-camera by a sober Mamdani sitting at a desk in front of the US and New York City flags, garnered an incredible 100 million views across social media platforms.

His mastery of social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, where he now, respectively, has 3.5...

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1 posted on 08/06/2026 6:31:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The guy is all hat and no cattle. His term will go down as a byword for “what not to do as a politician”.

CC


2 posted on 08/06/2026 6:34:18 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hitler had a similar problem.


3 posted on 08/06/2026 6:42:23 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

People like him, down deep, have an evil streak.


4 posted on 08/06/2026 6:59:51 PM PDT by technically right
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

re: the headline - of course he is! He’s nothing but smoke and mirrors. A phony. You’d have to be, to try and sell the crap he’s peddling.


5 posted on 08/06/2026 7:12:14 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mfrs like him will kill everyone in their way. He is a Muslim commie and his dogma demands the complete elimination of all their enemies.


6 posted on 08/06/2026 7:34:40 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thinking of the song, “Smiling Faces” by the Temptations.


7 posted on 08/06/2026 8:52:07 PM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mad-Damni is a narcissist.


8 posted on 08/06/2026 8:55:10 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The DemonKKKrat Marxists ride Unicorns on their fantasy farms.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mad-Damni is a narcissist.


9 posted on 08/06/2026 8:57:17 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The DemonKKKrat Marxists ride Unicorns on their fantasy farms.)
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10 posted on 08/06/2026 9:08:54 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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