Dems in Disarray as DNC Chair Backpedals on Mamdani’s Anti-Israel Comments
“I’ve never supported or condoned the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’, a phrase which is reckless and dangerous, as it can been seen as a green light to terror, and it should be unequivocally condemned.”
Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s refusal to condemn chants of “globalize the intifada” made at the pro-Hamas protests he has frequently defended as a New York state assemblyman and candidate for New York City mayor continues to cause headaches for Democratic Party leaders and further widen existing fissures on the issue of Israel.
As Legal Insurrection reported, the latest example comes courtesy of DNC Chairman Ken Martin, who in a PBS interview earlier this week tapdanced around the subject when asked about it.
Instead of criticizing the Democratic NYC mayoral nominee, Martin cheerfully suggested that the Democratic Party was a “big tent” and welcomed all kinds of people and views, which apparently includes death chants with which he and others might merely disagree:
There’s no candidate in this party that I agree 100% of the time with, to be honest with you. There’s things that I don’t agree with Mamdani that he said.
But at the end of the day, I always believe, as a Democratic Party chair in Minnesota for the last 14 years, and now the chair of the DNC, that you win through addition, you win by bringing people into your coalition.We have Conservative Democrats. We have centrist Democrats. We have labor progressives like me, and we have this new brand of Democrat, which is the leftist. And we win by bringing people into that coalition and at the end of the day, for me, that’s the type of party we’re going to lead. We are a big tent party.
Yes, it leads to dissent and debate, and there’s differences of opinions on a whole host of issues. But we should celebrate that as a party and recognize at the end of the day, we’re better because of it.
For those who missed it, watch:
WATCH: Asked about Zohran Mamdani’s refusal to condemn the “globalize the intifada” slogan, DNC chair Ken Martin says Democrats are “a big tent party.” pic.twitter.com/ct5bXiFHPl
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) July 10, 2025
It’s hard to know what part of that segment was most appalling, but I think I’ll go with how he treated “disagreement” over a major issue like “death to the Jews” chants coming from antisemitic leftist groups much like others would treat trivial disagreements over things like where to go out for dinner.
The clip of Martin’s remarks got a lot of attention and raised more than a few eyebrows to the point that he gaslit critics and supporters alike with how he initially responded on X to the video that made the rounds:
The right-wing lie machine is at it again. That’s not what I said in this interview. I’ve never supported or condoned the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’, a phrase which is reckless and dangerous, as it can been seen as a green light to terror, and it should be unequivocally condemned. Let me be clear, at a time of rising antisemitism, there’s no place for rhetoric that can be seen as a call to violence.
Except there was no “lie.” The Free Beacon‘s summary of Martin’s statement was accurate. At no point in the clip did he expressly call out Mamdani and condemn “globalize the intifada.” He seemed much more concerned about trying to sound inclusive to hate-filled radicals.
Even some Jewish Democrats called out Martin, refusing to be lied to:
I am not right-wing, and I know what I heard. You have welcomed the person who refused to condemn the phrase you call dangerous. Why? #gapol https://t.co/6KNJdJTa68
— Rep. Esther Panitch (@epanitch) July 11, 2025
Martin opening his mouth and inserting his foot prompted outrage from Jewish leaders, which might explain why he spent a significant part of the day Friday trying to contain the damage:
In the Friday phone calls, Martin faced criticism from the Jewish leaders [from the Anti-Defamation League and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee], the two sources confirmed. But a DNC senior advisor told JI that Martin made clear he stood with them against the harmful rhetoric.
“By the end of it there was an understanding that Ken does understand and is aligned with the community and that frankly people want full-throated leadership,” the advisor said. “This language isn’t about Democrats. This is just not acceptable, period, and as a party it’s not acceptable.”
But Martin still held his fire against Mamdani because Mamdani himself did not utter the phrase “globalize the intifada,” the DNC advisor explained. Rather, Mamdani defended its use by others.
Presumably, Martin is aware that the Democratic Socialist Party of which Zohran Mamdani is a member harbors antisemitic views of Israel:
The DSA platform accuses Israel of apartheid, colonialism and military occupation, while pledging solidarity with the Palestinian cause. The group considers the Gaza war a genocide; supports BDS, the movement to boycott Israel, and calls for an end to American aid to Israel.
The platform does not endorse any particular formula for resolving the conflict but says any political solution must be grounded in the right of Palestinian refugees to return, an outcome Israel contends would spell the end of its existence as a Jewish state.
It’s a view apparently shared by the Twin Cities – Minnesota DSA chapter, which Martin condemned shortly after the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, after the group ended its statement on the war with this:
We are resolved in our commitment to not fear the backlash that comes from being vocally, and boldly, in favor of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement and Palestinian freedom, for as socialists and internationalists, we are often the only ones willing to take a stand for justice, even when it is unpopular, or even dangerous. We are resolved to proclaim “From the River, to the Sea, Palestine will be free!” today and until liberation.
"From the river to the sea" is a chant used by extremists to support the destruction of Israel. It is appalling to embrace this rhetoric in this statement, which also doesn't even acknowledge the slaughter of Israeli & American civilians. This is disgusting @TwinCitiesDSA. https://t.co/bb5V4XB5cS
— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) October 10, 2023
Sooo, if you’re keeping score at home, Mamdani can rap about supporting a Hamas terror-funding group, be a member of an extremist political party that doesn’t believe in Israel’s right to exist, be a part of the antisemitic BDS movement, and refuse to condemn death to Jews chants… and still be welcomed with open arms into the modern Democratic Party.
Mamdani in a rap song talks about being in love with the Holy Land 5 which are a group of criminals that were convicted in 2008 for material support for Hamas. pic.twitter.com/TDQTj4BtdE
— Doreen Linder (@DorLinder) June 28, 2025
Meanwhile, from the Useful Idiots files:
Jerry Nadler’s team has been actively campaigning for Zohran Mamdani.@RepJerryNadler you are a complete disgrace. pic.twitter.com/dGbvJaUFYb
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 9, 2025
Then again, considering this, it’s not really so surprising, is it?
.@TheDemocrats Chairman's appeasement of Zohran Mamdani is the latest example of why election after election, more and more Jewish Americans are fleeing the Democrats.
Unsurprising coming from Ken Martin, considering he's BFF's with vile antisemite Ilhan Omar. https://t.co/ucDqPtLHd2 pic.twitter.com/vTeKQxu8nf
— RJC (@RJC) July 10, 2025
I rest my case.
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I think he needs to review some of the video of Oct 7 while he considers how big his tent is.
Anti-Israel? Heck, these Communists and their enablers are Anti-American!
A not uncommon combination.
So, this wasn’t his original reaction. He had to ask advisors and do a poll first?
He “didn’t know how to feel.”
Until he figured out which way the wind was blowing.
The DNC seems to be trying to be all things to all people, Conservatives, Liberals, Communists…
It seems they should then be at least three parties.
But, they think the big net and the big tent will be the best way to go.
Well, so far so good.
But these aren’t the Democrats of old.
I don’t think there are many left.
Just Collins, Tillis, Graham…
Hey, Scott Brown’s trying for a comeback!
Meantime LA Mayor Bass is resurrecting Jefferson Davis and the old South with her growing insurrection. She’ll have to find her own Ft. Sumpter though.
so they get to. backpedal on a front running aldoph omar
stop letting lefty control the narrative
I will never cease to be amazed at the ability of American Jews to participate in their own march to the cattle cars, all in their brain-free adherence to progressivism.
I think you’re painting with too broad a brush, and, that’s unfair. A substantial percentage of American Jews support the GOP, broadly, and, supported #47 in the 2024 election, specifically.
Referring more specifically to the voting predilections and loyalties of coastal, “Dhimmi-crat/leftist Jews” would be more apt and appropriate.
Sorry, but DFN nailed it. By “substantial percentage of American Jews” did you mean a virtually silent minority of American Jews? If so, that might be a bit more factually accurate.
According to a PRRI poll, Jews voted for Kamala 62-37. For comparison, California went for her 59-38. So overall Jews are somewhat to the left of California, which is not a good place to be.
As a Jew, it’s embarrassing. Lots of Jews have long had a thing for the faceless anonymity of socialism because they think their Jewishness will disappear in such an anti-religious system and they can be just like everyone else … but it never really turns out that way.
It’s odd that people like Woody Allen can clearly see the problems with leftism (as he detailed so hilariously in Bananas) but then still cling to the same stupid ideas he just tore apart … but there’s a lot of that.
I think it has a lot to do with the pressure to assimilate like that I felt growing up.
I’m not sure I agree, A lot of Jews came to the US from Eastern Europe. They liked socialism and were heavy into trade unions. Add to that they were shunned by the Protestant majority (Republicans) and discriminated against. As minorities they gravitated towards the dramacrats as other minorities did such as catholics, irish, italian etc…. They probably wanted to level the system so that they could compete on fair terms.
That the dramacrats was also the party of the KKK and racists of all stipes didn’t matter to them because it was a big tent and they were part of it. Many also self-segregated and lived in their own bubbles,
Things changed but they never fundamentally did. They just got worse. More and more progressive.
I’m 70 and never felt any pressure to assimilate. Of course I grew up in a mixed suburb of Milwaukee where Jews were a reasonable minority of 20%. I’m also fairly resistant to social pressure and would have pushed back if I felt any,
Yet, the Democrats are worried about a different trend in the NY Jewish vote:
In traditionally Jewish neighborhoods, Trump saw increased support. For example, in Brighton Beach, his support ranged from 75% to 90%. Areas like Boro Park and Midwood also showed a notable shift towards Trump, indicating a potential change in voting behavior among Jewish voters.
The results suggest erosion of the Democratic majority among Jewish voters, reflecting broader national trends where some traditionally Democratic constituencies are shifting towards Republican.
The “Jewish vote” is such a teensy demographic. Maybe it’s about donors, or offering us as scapegoats.
They are following intellectual Jews Karl Popper and his grad student George Soros and their Open Society in the belief that the cause of Hitler’s Germany was “authoritarianism”. This is why the Open Society wants to open borders, defund police, and embrace “the other” (e.g. Islam).
No, the cause was lust for power and Jew hatred – both of which the Democratic Party is now embracing.
May God destroy their ability to do evil.
Soros and his demented little puppy should be assassinated.
Self-hate is an issue in all individualistic societies. America has a huge problem with self-haters (the democrats/the left) in general, because in an individualistic society the damaged and weak personalities become self-haters.
Your full of scheist,. There are plenty of Jews on this site alone including the founder who aren’t progressive and condemn it. We are not monolithic as we’ve said time and time again. and yet you and you supporters below continue to paint with a broad brush. It’s pathetic.
You don’t have to be monolithic.
Just statistically overwhelmingly partisan.
35% of Jews voted for Trump.
that means the other 65% are self wailing losers
If y0u meant to refute my point, you pwned yourself.
Which would mean 65% of Jews voted for someone else. So what’s your point, exactly?
Based on results from the last NYC election, if Democrats are counting on blind partisan support from Jewish voters.. shhh, maybe let them.
Maybe the answer is more complex. It’s not like Jews are the only group with such an ability. And let’s not pretend that progressives are solely in the business of discrimination against Jews, especially going back in time.
In any event, the issue has become clear and that is why not only Jews are moving from the Democrats and the poison of those like Mamdami, AOC, Omar, Pressley, etc. Perhaps we should thank them for helping.
“let’s not pretend that progressives are solely in the business of discrimination against Jews, especially going back in time.”
Meaning that others have behaved similarly, not that it’s the only obsession of progressives.
correct
I amend my past comment.
This yutz may prove to be every bit as entertaining as David Hogg.
We need to set up a cage match between him and Hogg. The loser gets to be DNC chairman.
The winner gets to work for him.
LOL. “green light to terror”?? It’s full-throated, 100% PRO-terror, egging them on and pushing and rooting for the most death and destruction the savages ,and their allied leftists, can manage.
Of course, this is nothing new for the treasonous, America-hating democrat scum. This is what democrat filth is all about and has been for some time.
A friend of mine’s brother HY”D was murdered during the intifada when a suicide bomber blew up the bus that was bringing him home from a shiva call on a family who had lost a relative to the intifada’s murderers. But at least Mamdani would have made the bus ride free.
And you are all treasonous America-hating scum who have worked to destroy this nation and burn it to the ground.
LOL. “new”? Ha, ha … Nothing new about violent, self-hating nihilists of the democrat party.
Everyone knows who and what you all are. You are the absolute worst errors that the trial and error of evolution has ever puked onto this Earth. You are the most destructive, radioactive, demented people who have ever walked this Earth – and because of you, this population of America (and the West) will serve as a cautionary tale (and the butt of the funniest, but saddest, jokes) millennia into the future.
“and we have this new brand of Democrat, which is the leftist.”
I went to college with that “new” brand of Democrat 55 years ago. Same old shrieking, hygiene-deficient street rioter that would come home every weekend stinking of tear gas, Copies of the “China Today” propaganda tabloid stacked by the mailboxes, with full cover images of the kindly face of uncle Chairman Mao, airbrushed into geniality far beyond Playboy standards, including his prominent signature wart, gone. An insult to our intelligence, as the Democrats have been for more than half a century.
I guess if you count the waves as separate – Marxist, Leninist, Trotskyite, Stalinist, Maoist, neo-Trotskyite, … so there’s a “new” set of the same ol’ self-hating nihilistic, anti-Western morons every 10 or 15 years.
He got us on a technicality!
This guy is a putz. Nadler is even more of a putz if that is possible
Nadler has “allies” who think he’s “beloved?”
Who are these unicorns and where are they?
At the moment, out stealing underpants.
This hot on the heels of him whining and crying about David Hogg. Looks like he went to the Tim Walz school of manhood.
For Democrats and those with weak reading comprehension, please allow me to translate the phrase “Globalize the intifada” into plain English.
It literally means this: “Don’t just murder Jews in Israel. Murder them everywhere.”
That’s the message Democrats are welcoming into their “big tent”.
Along with anyone riding in the same bus, shopping in the same supermarket, waiting at the same bus stop or eating in the same restaurant, or crossing the same street, when the bomb goes off,
Isn’t it amazing how communists always seem to end up on the side of genocide…
Is there a harder, less rewarding job than being a successful White guy being head of the DNC today?
Herding cats (the DNC coalition these days), would be harder than making Hakeem support the New York Kwame- Mor Popcorn (served by Schumer).
UH…when Ken was elected DNC chair I said he was over his head. I still think so.
NYC is one of the only places that the Jewish vote matters, so expect Mamdollarsign to wrap himself in self hating Jews and have a few “antizionist” transgender “Jew” college kids signing his praises at his rallies. You know because he has many good Jewish friends and therefore can’t possibly be a complete bigot.
Mamdani ‘s mother said that the moslem does not consider himself an American…. born in Uganda, raised in India..
eerily similar to Barry Soetoro
He was not raised in India. He was raised in the USA, and has never lived in India.
He’s also 33 now, not 21. He’s no longer living with his parents, or sheltered by them, and he’s a naturalized USA citizen, so his mother bragging to an Indian newspaper 12 years ago doesn’t mean anything.
I think his moms bragging that does in fact matter today
it shows who he really was>>>is
sure he could have changed
but did he??
doesnt seem so