Overview

• Harris Faulkner said she “100 percent” questioned Jewish lawmakers’ commitment to Judaism for backing progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani.
• Marie Harf pushed back on-air by citing endorsements from Jerry Nadler and Brad Lander and highlighting Mamdani’s repeated denouncements of antisemitism.
• Emily Compagno falsely claimed Mamdani refused to condemn the Holocaust despite his annual commemorations and support for an 800 percent increase in anti-hate-crime funding.
• The on-air clash exposed deep divisions over identity politics and the limits of policing speech within Fox News and the broader New York mayoral campaign.
• Mamdani and his team defended his stance that a mayor should not police political slogans while committing to expand antisemitism prevention resources.