Maybe it’s cope but my feeling is that he calculated his answers to answer very loaded questions without supporting Zionism as such.
When Colbert asks if Israel has a right to exist, Mamdani says all countries do. When asked about antisemitism, Mamdani says hate in general is bad and he plans to increase funding against hate crimes - by which he could mean protecting vulnerable minorities in general, rather than dogwhistling Zionism which wouldn’t make sense given other things he has said.
I stopped watching after about 15 minutes though, so maybe he said something else that I missed.
Maybe it’s cope but my feeling is that he calculated his answers to answer very loaded questions without supporting Zionism as such.
When Colbert asks if Israel has a right to exist, Mamdani says all countries do. When asked about antisemitism, Mamdani says hate in general is bad and he plans to increase funding against hate crimes - by which he could mean protecting vulnerable minorities in general, rather than dogwhistling Zionism which wouldn’t make sense given other things he has said.
I stopped watching after about 15 minutes though, so maybe he said something else that I missed.