In a wild melee that turned a Lower Manhattan rally into a powder keg, socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was relentlessly pursued and heckled out of Foley Square by a Bronx protester who blasted him as an "antisemite," leading to a shoving match with the pol's staffer before Mamdani sped away in his SUV, per the New York Post.
The dramatic clash unfolded Friday, October 11, 2025, as Mamdani, a frontrunner in the mayoral race, rallied with fellow left-wing politicians and activists in defense of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who faces federal charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
Video footage captures the chaos: The protester, identified as 55-year-old Raul Rivera from the Bronx, tails Mamdani to his black SUV, unleashing a barrage of accusations while the candidate ignores him and climbs inside."Antisemite! Denounce Sharia law! Denounce Hezbollah! You can’t do it!" Rivera bellows, his voice cutting through the crowd as Mamdani approaches the vehicle with his back turned. "Walk the narrow or you’re going to jail with Tish!" he adds, referencing James' nickname amid her legal woes.
Tensions boil over when a Mamdani team member steps in as Rivera edges too close, shoving him back after the agitator snarls that Mamdani is a "f–king rat." The much shorter Rivera, donning a backward baseball cap and clutching what appears to be a President Trump flag, pushes back repeatedly, yelling "Get off me, bro!" multiple times in the heated exchange.
