Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is condemning current Mayor Zohran Mamdanis decision to attend this weeks Ground Zero ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, calling the move deeply offensive to victims families and to the nations memory.
According to Just The News, Giuliani, who led the city through the 2001 attacks, argued that Mamdanis presence at the commemoration is an affront to those who lost loved ones, even though the mayor has signed executive orders designating Sept. 11 as a citywide "Day of Remembrance and Service" and revising New York Citys emergency preparedness protocols. Giuliani stressed that the event is not a political platform but a solemn observance for those directly scarred by the attacks.
"The reality is this ceremony is for the families and for America to remember historically," Giuliani told Newsmax. "Having lost friends there and being very close to many of the families, it offends me that he's coming." The ceremony is scheduled for Friday, on the 25th anniversary of the attacks, and Giuliani emphasized that the nation has a duty to preserve an accurate account of what happened.
"Never forget means we have to teach people about it," Giuliani said. "We don't want to give them propaganda. We just want to give them the truth." For many conservatives, his remarks underscore a broader concern that sacred national moments are increasingly being co?opted by officials whose politics and rhetoric appear out of step with the gravity of the day and the sacrifices it represents.
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