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M.A. Rothman𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐌𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝟗/𝟏𝟏 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋: “𝐖𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓”NYC Mayor 𝐙𝐨𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐢 got the question directly, on camera: 9/11 survivors are calling on him not to show up at this year’s Ground Zero commemoration. How does he feel about being kept away?His answer didn’t flinch. “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳'𝘴 9/11 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵.”It’s a clean soundbite — for a mayor whose own record is exactly why 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟗/𝟏𝟏 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 are trying to keep him off that stage in the first place. Reaffirming “𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵” means something different coming from a mayor families accuse of downplaying that day whenever it’s convenient.A follow-up question didn’t let him off easy either, pressing him on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s comments a day earlier accusing him of “𝘧𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦” — a charge the mayor didn’t get to answer before the clip cut.Saying “𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵” isn’t the same as earning the right to say it.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦.