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Paladino faces censure calls after Islamophobic social media posts

Republican City Councilmember Vickie Paladino faced calls for her censure after posting several Islamophobic messages to social media over the weekend. File photo by Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit

A Queens City Councilmember sparked outrage over the weekend after she called for the “expulsion of Muslims from western nations” in a since-deleted Islamophobic social media post that prompted calls for her censure.

In several posts to X following the killing of 13 people at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia by a pair of gunmen, Republican City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, who represents parts of northeast Queens in the Council, said Western governments should restrict Muslims from living within their borders. She also reposted a number of tweets expressing similar sentiments, including one that called on governments to “ban Islam.”

Paladino slammed for Islamophobic statements

City Council Member Vickie Paladino

Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit

After posting Islamophobic rhetoric on social media over the weekend, Republican City Council Member Vickie Paladino garnered strong criticism Monday from outgoing City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. Incoming City Council Speaker Julie Menin said she asked Paladino to take the post down and called it “abhorrent.” Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who will be the city’s first Muslim mayor, said in a statement: “A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.” 

NYC GOP Councilwoman Vickie Paladino faces firestorm after calling for 'expulsion of Muslims' in light of Bondi Beach terrorist attack

Queens Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino is facing a firestorm from Democrats over social media posts she made calling for the “expulsion of Muslims” in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack in Australia.

Paladino took down the posts in question after facing outrage from fellow local elected officials, including Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who ripped the comments as Islamophobic.

“We’re in the midst of a global jihad the likes of which the world has never seen, and we cannot ignore it,” Paladino had written on X after 15 people were killed and 40 others injured at a celebration of the Jewish Hannukah holiday on Sunday.

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