Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were seen yukking it up during the somber reading of 9/11 victims at Ground Zero during the 25th anniversary service.
The New York City Democratic Socialists of America darlings appeared all smiles in a live feed of the ceremony, interspersed with shots of a man cradling his head in his arms and bawling his eyes out and friends and family reading out the names of their departed loved ones from the podium.
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The mayor’s appearance at the ceremony stood in defiance to a campaign by aggrieved 9/11 victims’ relatives, who earlier this week hand-delivered him a petition urging him to steer clear of the ceremonies marking the attack.
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