NYC First Lady Deletes X Account After Offensive Teenage Posts Surface
Rama Duwaji, the First Lady of New York City and wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has deactivated her old X account just days after years-old offensive posts were uncovered by media investigations. The 28-year-old has been accused of sharing highly controversial content, including the use of the n-word and posts supporting pro-Palestinian terrorism, on Tumblr and X accounts she allegedly used from her late teenage years into her twenties.
Account Deactivation and Content Discovery
On Thursday, searches for the offending X account @_RamaDee confirmed it no longer exists, while Duwaji's Instagram account, which boasts over two million followers, remains active. The posts were originally uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon, which reported using facial recognition software to link them to her.
This discovery follows recent headlines about Duwaji liking posts that celebrated the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, including one that dismissed reports of sexual violence as a 'mass rape hoax.' However, her history of sharing hateful content appears to stretch back to 2013, when she was just 15 years old.
Specific Offensive Posts and Allegations
One particularly egregious post from 2013 reads: 'Helllll yeah, n****. Super duper genius* excuse you.' Other posts from that year include blaming 'white people' for the creation of Al-Qaeda and asserting that Israelis should not be allowed to live in Tel Aviv.
In 2017, a Tumblr account linked to Duwaji reposted an image of plane hijacker Leila Khaled along with a quote from the infamous Palestinian: 'If it does good for my cause, I'll be happy to accept death.' Khaled is celebrated by terrorists as the first woman to hijack a plane after participating in takeovers in 1969 and 1970.
Duwaji's account also appeared to praise other members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), of which Khaled was a longtime member. This came after she previously wrote on X that Tel Aviv 'shouldn't exist in the first place,' adding that Israelis in the city were 'occupiers.'
Further Controversial Content and Political Implications
The account reshared content blaming the creation of Al-Qaeda on white people, with one post stating: 'You can't blame Muslims for terrorism because they didn't construct, fund, or train Al-Qaeda. White people did that, too.' It also took aim at US troops in 2015, claiming they were not brave and were 'mercilessly slaughtering third world civilians to maintain American hegemony.'
In 2015, Duwaji allegedly celebrated International Women's Day by posting a tribute to PFLP militant leader Shadia Abu Ghazaleh, who participated in several attacks and died in 1968 when a bomb she was building exploded. The content has since been deleted from the accounts when searched by the Daily Mail.
Mayor Mamdani's Response and Broader Context
Mayor Mamdani has previously been questioned about his wife's social media presence, dodging inquiries about her liking a post in support of the October 7 attack. The post, by leftist group The Slow Factory, included images of people taking over an IDF vehicle with 'Free Palestine' scrawled over it and a bulldozer used by Hamas to break into Israel, where nearly 1,200 people died.
Mamdani stated: 'My wife is the love of my life, and she is also a private person who has held no formal position on my campaign or in my City Hall.' However, Duwaji recently posed for a cover feature in The Cut, an offshoot of New York magazine, suggesting she is not as private as claimed.
A spokesman for the mayor told Jewish Insider: 'Mayor Mamdani has been clear and consistent: Hamas is a terrorist organization, October 7 was a horrific war crime, and he has condemned that violence unequivocally.' Mamdani himself has faced criticism for using anti-Israel phrases like 'globalize the intifada,' and as the city's first Muslim mayor, his ardent support for the Palestinian cause has drawn skepticism from some Jewish New Yorkers.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Mayor Mamdani for further comment on these latest revelations, highlighting ongoing scrutiny of the couple's online activities and political stances.
