U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Saturday taunted New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani after the Democratic Socialist candidate grew emotional while recounting how his Muslim aunt stopped using the subway in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks .

Mamdani had shared the story as an example of the discrimination and fear experienced by Muslim New Yorkers in the years following the terrorist attack .

Mamdani had earlier come under fire from Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, who accused him of holding extremist sympathies. In a post on X, Vance wrote, “According to Zohran the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad looks.”

Elon Musk reacts

Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied to Vance, saying, “Wow”.

Earlier, Musk was seen engaging

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