NYC councilwoman blasts Mamdani over Italian Heritage Month post praising 'communist'

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Italian Heritage Month tribute to a left-wing congressman with ties to the Communist Party drew sharp criticism on social media, including a blistering rebuke from Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino.

"Of all the great men and women of Italian descent who've contributed to New York City and the United States, this is the idiot he picks," Paladino wrote on X.

She urged Mamdani to stop invoking his Italian heritage, saying he was "physically incapable of being anything other than a loathsome propagandist for communism."

Paladino contrasted the mayor's message with her family's history. She said her father fought in World War II against Italian forces under Benito Mussolini, while her mother raised five children on her own and worked in a button factory.

"We wanted to become Americans, and our people were proud to learn the language and wave the American flag," she wrote. "That's what being an Italian-American in New York means," Paladino added. "Not the communist propaganda Zohran is pushing here."

Mamdani's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.