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Christina Aquayo News #new Zohran Mamdani is fuming over being blocked from speaking at the funeral of fallen Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad, after he had already prepared a speech. #newyork The soldier’s family reportedly refused to allow him to speak because of his far-left socialist politics. #army Mamdani has heavily criticized law enforcement calling them racist, he has said he wants to defund the police and previously promised to work to abolish ICE Mamdani sat in the fourth row at Calvary Assembly of God Church as speakers were called one by one. He reviewed his speech on an iPad while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and others took to the podium. A source who attended the service said, “They kept calling names and then he was never called." "Then he looked over at his staff, frustrated and seemed angry that he didn’t speak." "When he realized his name wasn’t being called, he looked at his staff angrily and then eventually put his tablet away.” City Hall ignored repeated requests for comment on the snub. Sources involved in the funeral planning said the Rampersad’s family is pro-Trump and deliberately kept Mamdani off the program. “The family is more conservative and wanted to limit any political distractions.” Another confirmed that Mamdani’s outspoken left-wing politics cost him the customary speaking slot mayors typically receive at funerals for hometown service members. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, was one of three U.S. service members killed July 17, in an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. She had served seven years in the Army, including stations in Hawaii and Germany, and worked on military communication systems. She was posthumously promoted to staff sergeant. Hundreds of mourners filled the church for the service, which featured gospel music and tributes from family, friends, and fellow soldiers. An NYPD procession later carried her flag-draped casket to Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale for burial. Mamdani’s office later released the remarks he had prepared but was not allowed to deliver. Republican City Councilman Frank Morano, seated near Mamdani, said he was surprised the mayor was passed over while lower-level officials spoke. Conservatives view the family’s decision as a straightforward rejection of Mamdani’s record. The democratic socialist has: 🔺️Invited t*rrorist sympathizers to eat dinner at his home 🔺️A wife that celebrated the October 7th attack on Israel 🔺️Denounced U.S. strikes on Iran - a country that has k*lled countless American soldiers and chants de*th to America while cheering at every American soldier's death #iran 🔺️Has links to t*rrorist groups ➡️Imam Siraj Wahhaj : Mamdani posted a smiling photo of himself arm-in-arm with Wahhaj after meeting him at Masjid At-Taqwa during the 2025 campaign. #muslim ➡️He called Wahhaj “one of the nation’s foremost m*slim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community.” ➡️Wahhaj was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and previously served as a character witness for the “Blind Sheikh” Omar➡️ Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted in connection with that plot and other terror plans. ➡️Sheikh Fadhel Al-Sahlani: Mamdani had many meetings with. ➡️Al-Sahlani has publicly praised Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack for inspiring “great change” and has a record of Holocaust denial. ➡️Mahmoud Khalil: Hosted him and his family for iftar at Gracie Mansion. #islam ➡️Khalil is a pro-Hamas sympathizer activist who led violent protest at Columbia University. ➡️In a 2017 rap song (“Salaam”), Mamdani expressed “love” for the “Holy Land Five” - leaders of the Holy Land Foundation convicted of funneling more than $12 million to Hamas. ➡️He has also appeared with or prayed at mosques led by imams who have called for the annihilation of Israel and the U.S. and praised Hamas fighters as mujahideen. The pro-Trump military family from Queens chose to keep a funeral focused on a soldier’s sacrifice rather than platform a polarizing mayor whose views clash with their own. Should elected officials automatically receive speaking roles at military funerals, or do grieving families have every right to decide who addresses the room? #ChristinaAguayoNews