Debra Messing Criticized for Election-Day Instagram Post Labeling Zohran Mamdani a 'Jihadist'

Overview

• Messing re-shared an edited ballot image from The Persian Jewess that contrasted “A Democrat” with “An actual communist jihadist” and urged voters to support Andrew Cuomo.
• TheWrap reported she posted about 91 Instagram Stories in 24 hours as she amplified content attacking Mamdani and promoting Cuomo.
• Additional reposts included a video calling the candidate “Osama bin Mamdani,” a meme claiming Jews do not fly planes into buildings, and a clip of Trump disparaging Jewish voters who back the Democrat.
• Representatives for Messing did not respond to requests for comment as social media users condemned the posts as bigoted.
• Mamdani is a Democratic mayoral candidate who, if elected, would be New York City’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor and its youngest in generations, while Trump urged New Yorkers to vote for Cuomo over a “communist.”