Filmmaker Michael Moore had some strong words on Substack for the media outlets and politicians leveling “racist and disgusting attacks” against New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
“The people of New York City — my home away from home — are on the verge of doing something historic,” Moore wrote Tuesday. “On November 4th, 2025 — one week from today — we will elect Zohran Kwame Mamdani as Mayor of the largest city in America.”
“It will be nothing short of miraculous,” he continued.
Moore began by praising Mamdani for placing affordable housing, public transportation and city-owned groceries at the core of his progressive campaign, arguing these are safety nets “that any sane, humane, and civilized city (and country)” should have.
He also lauded Mamdani for what he sarcastically called the “shocking” position that Palestinians are human beings who don’t deserve to be “exterminated.”
“For these reasons, the political power structure in New York and around the country has been trying to stop him,” wrote Moore. “They rallied around disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, yet Mamdani crushed him by double digits.”
“And with the election a week away, they are desperately throwing everything they have to not just shut down Mamdani, but the movements upon which the Mamdani campaign is built,” he continued. “The good news is — it’s not working! He’s ahead in the polls.”
“The bad news is this: in the final weeks, a new threat has emerged,” Moore continued. “The desperate Cuomo campaign and the desperate media think they have an ace up their sleeve to derail Mamdani: The fact that he’s a… MUSLIM!!!”
“From open violent threats directed at Zohran and his family, to hateful and bigoted TV ads, to racist and disgusting attacks from the media and his opponents, the level of hate is sickening,” the filmmaker added.
During a radio interview with Sid Rosenberg last week, Cuomo laughed when the conservative radio host said Mamdani would be “cheering” on another 9/11-style attack if one occurred. Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, meanwhile, baselessly claimed that Mamdani supports a “global jihad.”
Moore urged his readers to watch a speech Mamdani gave at the Islamic Cultural Center in the Bronx last week in which he decried those who are attacking him for his faith.
“And to the nearly one million Muslims in New York City who are currently being barraged with Islamophobic TV ads and mailers — I have your back. We all have your back! And to the bigots and Islamophobes and haters and warmongers — ENOUGH! IT’S OVER!” Moore concluded.
Early voting in the New York City mayoral election has already begun.