Mamdani-Backed Socialist Candidate Said July 4 ‘Means Nothing,’ Represents ‘Destruction’

A New York State Assembly candidate supported by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America is facing scrutiny over resurfaced comments about American holidays. Aber Kawas said in a Labor Day 2015 Tumblr post that “a day off means nothing, because liberation means everything,” the New York Post first reported. “Whether it is ...