A June 26 Newsmax article by Nicole Weatherholtz began this way:
More than 700 rabbis from across the United States are demanding New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani apologize after he referred to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as “monsters” who use “millions in dark money” to influence politics.
The open letter, organized by the pro-Israel group The Jewish Majority, argues that Mamdani’s remarks dehumanized political opponents closely associated with American Jews amid a surge in antisemitic violence.
“Using the language of ‘monsters’ against political opponents is an act of dehumanization, and when the targets of that dehumanization are overwhelmingly associated with the Jewish community the consequences become especially dangerous,” the rabbis wrote.
Weatherholtz offered no evidence to counter the claim that AIPAC uses dark money, and she waited until the 12th paragraph of her article to tell the other side of the story — which seems to contradict what the rabbis claim:
The criticism stems from remarks Mamdani made during a campaign rally last week, when he declared, “Now is the time of monsters,” saying that “monsters take many forms today,” including “AIPAC, for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its course is an end to genocide and [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s wars.”
The mayor later defended the remarks, saying he was quoting Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci.
“I used the term to describe all those who are preventing the birth of a new world,” Mamdani said. “Not solely AIPAC, but frankly, super PACs at large who are spending millions of dollars in deceptive and misleading ads that are blanketing airwaves.”
This skewed article is just another example of the Mamdani meltdowns Newsmax has had over the past year.