Zohran Mamdani is defending his decision to attend an October 7 vigil, arguing that politics should never determine whose deaths deserve to be mourned.
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"There must be room in our politics to mourn everyone who has been killed," Mamdani says, calling for universal compassion and opposition to all war crimes.
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He insists that recognizing human suffering means refusing to pick and choose which lives deserve sympathy.