Harris Faulkner: This is beyond tone-deaf

TAKING A NAP. HARRIS FAULKNER IS NEXT. HERE SHE IS. [CROWD SHOUTING]. >> Harris: UNBELIEVABLE AND. DEEPLY DISTURBING SCENE IN THE. CITY THAT IS HOME TO THE LARGEST. JEWISH POPULATION OUTSIDE OF. ISRAEL. PROTESTORS IN NEW YORK CITY. CHEERING LONG LIVE HAMAS, YES,

THE VERY TERROR GROUP. RESPONSIBLE FOR SLAUGHTERING. 1200 PEOPLE THREE YEARS AGO IN. ISRAEL. I'M HARRIS FAULKNER AND YOU ARE. IN "THE FAULKNER FOCUS.". IT ONLY GETS WORSE FROROM THERE. NEW YORK CITY'S MAYOR WAS. WHIPPING UP FURY WITH HIS. MESSAGE MARKING THE SOLEMN DAY. MOST OF HIS STATEMENT WAS. DEDICATED TO CRITICIZING ISRAEL. THE POST BEGINS WITH QUOTE, THIS. DAY IS PROFOUNDLY PAINFUL FOR SO. MANY NEW YORKERS. IT MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE THE.

HORRIFIC WAR CRIMES OF. OCTOBER 7TH. END OF QUOTE. THEN QUICKLY MOVES TO THE MAYOR. SAYING THIS. THE SUFFERING DID NOT BEGIN NOR. END THAT DAY. IT INSTEAD CONTINUED THROUGH THE. ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S DEVASTATING. ONGOING GENOCIDE IN GAZA. END OF QUOTE THERE. YOU SEE IT IS WHAT HE POSTED. ISRAELI AMBASSADOR LASHED OUT. MAMDANIISM. TRYING TO TURN IT INTO A.

PROPAGANDA ATTACK AGAINST. ISRAEL. IT IS LIKE TURNING SEPTEMBER. 11TH INTO A DAY OF MOURNING FOR. AL QAEDA TERRORISTS. MULTIPLE HEADLINES CALLING OUT. MAYOR MAMDANI OF NEW YORK FOR. HIS BEYOND TONE DEAF STATEMENT. EVEN THE PEOPLE HE IS SIDING. WITH, THE HATERS. EVEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY. WITH MAMDANI. ANTI-ISRAEL, JEWISH HATE. PROTESTORS BOOED AND BERATED. MAMDANI AT AN OCTOBER 7TH EVENT. MEANT TO PROMOTE UNITY.

[CROWD SHOUTING]. >> Harris: SO MAMDANI WAS. SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THAT. EVENT BUT HE GETS BOOED. CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN IS HERE, REPUBLICAN OF OHIO COMING UP. WITH ME IN "FOCUS.". I'LL BEGIN WITH ALEXIS MCADAMS. WITH MORE ON THE STORY. >> PRETTY UNBELIEVABLE TO WATCH. THIS IN NEW YORK CITY. THE LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION. OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL WHERE THE.

MAYOR IS UNDER FIRE FOR BOTH. SIDES INCLUDING PEOPLE HE. THOUGHT WERE HITS FRIENDS. ACCUSED OF NOT BEING ANTI-ISRAEL. ENOUGH. FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAY YOU'VE GONE. TOO FAR. THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE. OCTOBER 7TH HAMAS MASSACRE. HE PUT OUT A STATEMENT ACCUSING. ISRAEL OF GENOCIDE SAYING MANY. NEW YORKERS ARE RECKONING WITH. THIS UNBEARABLE GRIEF AND WE. MOURN ALONGSIDE THEM KNOWING OUR. TAX DOLLARS FUND THE WAR CRIMES. A DIG AT THE END. EVEN THOUGH MAMDANI CALLED FOR. THE ARREST OF BENJAMIN.

NETANYAHU, IT IS JUST NOT GOOD. ENOUGH FOR SOME PRO PALESTINIAN. PROTESTORS TO SHOWED UP AND. CONFRONTED HIM YELLING AT HIM AS. HE WAS HOLDING A CANDLE. SURROUNDED BY JEWISH NEW. YORKERS. WATCH. [CROWD SHOUTING]. >> SOME OF THOSE ACTIVISTS.

HELPED HIM WIN. YOU CAN'T WIN FOR MAMDANI. NOW THEY CALL HIM A TRAITOR. [CROWD SHOUTING]. >> I WANT TO END WITH A MESSAGE. FOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO STAND WITH. THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE. DON'T LEAVE BEHIND THE CAUSE YOU. CAMPAIGNED ON.

>> THOSE VOTERS HELPED HIM GET. ELECTED. THEY USED TO CAMPAIGN FOR HIM. REPUBLICANS ARE CHIMING IN AND. SO IS DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. SAYING MAMDANI IS DESECRATING. THE MEMORY OF MURDERED INNOCENT. JEWS ON OCTOBER 7TH SAYING HE. CAN'T EVEN REFUSE TO CONDEMN. HAMAS? THAT'S OBSCENE. AHEAD OF THE MID-TERMS IT WILL. PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE DIVIDE. WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OVER. ISRAEL AND ONE OF THE HARSHEST. CRITIC IS BEING ACCUSED OF NOT. GOING FAR ENOUGH.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT. THAT. >> Harris: CONGRESSMAN JIM. JORDAN OF THE GREAT STATE OF. OHIO, CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE OVERSITE. AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROTESTORS SAY. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO STAND WITH. THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, IN OTHER. WORDS, DON'T TURN AWAY FROM WHAT. YOU CAMPAIGNED ON, WHY DO YOU. THINK THEY FEEL THAT WAY? THEY HEARD HIS MESSAGING AND. KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING, TOO. >> WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS. IS JUST HOW RADICAL THE LEFT HAS.

BECOME. I SAID THIS THE OTHER DAY, HARRIS, THERE ARE 190 SOME. COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, THE LEFT. HATES TWO, TWO COUNTRIES, AMERICICA AND ISRAEL. AMERICA THE GREATEST NATION. EVER. CREATED FOR A PURPOSE. AMERICA WAS THE PLACE WHERE THE. INDIVIDUAL, IF YOU HAD LIBERTY. AND FREEDOM AND A GOAL AND. DREAMED AND WORK HARD IT CAN. HAPPEN HERE. ISRAEL WAS CREATED FOR THE. PURPOSE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST AND. AFTER ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS. DONE A PLACE WHERE JEWISH PEOPLE.

COULD COME HOME TO THE LAND THAT. GOD PROMISED ABRAHAM. THE TWO COUNTRIES CREATED FOR A. SPECIFIC PURPOSE, THE LEFT. HATES. THEY ARE SO RADICAL EVEN MAMDANI. IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM. REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID SO MONTHS. AND EIGHT DAYS AGO? HE SAID I CAMPAIGNED AS A. DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST AND ELECTED. AS ONE. I WILL GOVERN AS A DEMOCRAT. SOCIALIST. THAT'S NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR. THESE RADICALS. THAT'S HOW CRAZY IT HAS BECOME. IF WE DON'T STOP IT. WE DON'T KEEP THESE DSA PEOPLE.

FROM GETETTING IN OFFICE AND. VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS. IF WE VOTE FOR THESE THAT. HAPPENS, THEY WILL TAKE US. EXACTLY WHERE EUROPE IS. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN FRANCE AND. ALL THESE OTHER COUNTRIES AND. NOW SEEING IT IN OUR BIGGEST AND. LARGEST CITY HE IS THE MAYOR OF. NEW YORK. THAT'S HOW RADICAL THIS IS. I THINK THIS IS A KEY MESSAGE IN. THE LAST 3 1/2 WEEKS OF THE. CAMPAIGN. >> Harris: WHAT IS FASCINATING. ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID AND SO TRUE, YOU MAKE IT MORE THAN JUST ABOUT. WHATEVER THIS IS TERRITORY FOR. MAMDANI JUST THE NEW YORK CITY. AREA.

FOR THOSE FAR LEFT AND. DSA-BACKED CANDIDATES ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, HE IS THERE POSTER. CHILD. HE IS THE ICON. HE IS THE ONE THAT THEY TALK. ABOUT BEING CLOSE TO AND WANTING. TO BRING IN TO HELP THEIR OWN. EFFORTS TO CAMPAIGN. HE IS THE LITMUS TEST WITHIN THE. DEMOCRAT PARTY AMONG THE. SOCIALISTS AND EVEN MODERATES. IT IS HARD TO TELL THE. DIFFERENCE ANYMORE, HONESTLY. BUT HE IS THE ONE. IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST NEW YORK.

CITY. >> THIS IS -- YOU HAVE MAMDANI, YOU HAVE EL-SAYED IN MICHIGAN, YOU HAVE WHAT THEY CALL. THEMSELVES NOW THE BLOCK ALL. THESE PEOPLE RUNUNNING FOR THE. HOUSE. THEY ALL BELIEVE THAT RADICAL. STUFF. THESE ARE THEIR SUPPORTERS. THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO TAKE. THE PARTY AND FRANKLY I THINK IN. MANY WAYS SENATOR SCHUMER AND. LEADER JEFFRIES ARE AFRAID OF. THESE GUYS. THEY WELCOME THEM IN AND CALL IT. A BIG TENT. THERE IS NO BIG TENT WHERE YOU. CAN ALLOW PEOPLE CHANTING. PRO-HAMAS STUFF. NO TENT BIG ENOUGH FOR THAT KIND.

OF CRAZINESS. WE HAVE TO STOP THIS AND WE. CAN'T LET ANY OF THIS. ANTI-ISRAEL GROUP IN OUR PARTY. EITHER. THERE IS A SMALL GROUP PUSHING. THAT. WE HAVE TO STOP IT IN ITS. TRACKS. IT'S HUGE ELEMENT OF DEMOCRAT. THE PARTY OF FDR AND JFK IS. COMPLETELY RADICAL. WE CAN'T LET THAT ELEMENT IN OUR. PARTY AND STOP THE DSA MOVEMENT. BY MAKING SURE REPUBLICANS KEEP. CONTROL. >> Harris: YOU KNOW, CHAIRMAN,

WHY IS IT THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE. CAPITULATEING AT THIS POINT? I KNOW THEY WANT TO WIN. ELECTIONS. THEY MAY NOT WIN THEM ANYWAY. WITH THESE CANDIDATES ON THE. BALLOT. ONLY TIME WILL TELL IN 26 DAYS. WHEN YOU SAY THE BLOCK, IT'S NOT. LIKE A BLOCK PARTY. IT IS A BLOCK, SOMETHING THEY. WANT TO HOLD. IT IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM. WHY ARE DEMOCRATS BACKING THIS? THEY ARE BREAKING THEIR OWN. PARTY. IT MAY BE GOOD FOR REPUBLICANS, RIGHT? IT MAY HELP YOU DEFY HISTORY, BUT IT IS BAD FOR THE COUNTRY.

>> IT -- THAT IS THE BOTTOM. LINE. IT IS TERRIBLE FOR THE COUNTRY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO WIN. IT MAY BE A BENEFIT TO US. POLITICALLY RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW. WHAT I DO KNOW IT IS BAD FOR THE. COUNTRY. AGAIN THE ONCE GREAT PARTY OF. FDC AND JOHN F. KENNEDY THAT. PARTY IS NOW CONTROLLED BY THE. RADICALS. THAT IS NOT GOOD OR HEALTHY IN. OUR SYSTEM. WITH HE HAVE TO BEAT THEM AND. MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T COME INTO. OUR PARTY. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY WOULD.

EMBRACE HAMAS, A TERRORIST. ORGANIZATION. WE WERE IN ISRAEL A LITTLE OVER. A YEAR AGO. WE WENT TO THE CONCERT SITE. WE SAW HOW EVIL, CRUEL, TERRIBLE. THAT WAS, WHAT TOOK PLACE THERE. AND THESE GUYS ARE FOR THAT? WE WERE IN THE U.K. LAST SUMMER. AND EVERY DAY AT OUTSIDE THE. GOVERNMENT YOU HAD PRO-HAMAS. PEOPLE BEATING POTS AND PANS. I DON'T GET THIS. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT. OUT OF THE GREATEST NATION EVER. KEEP IT OUT OF AMERICA. THIS IS A KEY ISSUE IN TEXAS.

WHERE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE. PUSHING SHARIA LAW AND. EVERYTHING ELSE. WITH HE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE. STOP IT. IT IS JUST NOT GOOD. >> Harris: MAYOR MAMDANI IS. TALKING ABOUT THIS, PLEASE SIT. BY AND WATCH. >> HAPPENED A YEAR AFTER IS THAT. IT WAS A VIGIL THAT BROUGHT. TOGETHER AND BRINGS TOGETHER NEW. YORKERS TO READ TESTIMONIES OF. THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS, TESTIMONIES OF OTHERS WHO HAVE. BEEN KILLED EITHER ON THE DAY OR. THE GENOCIDE SINCE. AND ENDS WITH A SHARED VISION.

FOR PEACE AND FOR AN END TO THE. GENOCIDE. THAT TO ME IS THE FUTURE THAT WE. HAVE TO FIGHT FOR. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE TIME FOR A FEW MORE. GO NEXT TO MELISSA. >> HI, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON. THIS SUBJECT, THANK YOU. YOU SAID THAT ALL OF IT IS TO BE. OPPOSED. ALL OF THE DEATHS ARE TO BE. OPPOSED. I THINK MANY PEOPLE WOULD AGREE. WITH YOU THERE. YET AS MAYOR, WE'VE SEEN YOU.

TALK ABOUT -- WE'VE SEEN YOU. POST VIDEOS ABOUT KNOCK THE DAY, ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE. WHICH WE KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT. WE DON'T SEE YOU DOING QUITE AS. MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO. OCTOBER 7TH. WE DIDN'T SESEE A VIDEO SIMILARO. THAT JUST HONORING THE LOSSES OF. THAT DAY. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHY NOT? BUT ALSO, IF YOU COULD DO. ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, IF YOU. COULD REDO YESTERDAY, IS THERE A.

LINE THAT YOU WOULD ADD TO YOUR. STATEMENT? IS THERE ONE YOU WOULD TAKE OUT? WOULD YOU CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT. IT? >> I THINK THAT OCTOBER 7TH IS A. DAY THAT IS IMMENSELY PAINFUL. FOR OUR CITY AND IS A DAY OF. MOURNING. AND SO WHETHER IN THE STATEMENT, WHETHER IN THE ATTENDANCE OF THE. VIGIL, AS I HAD DONE THE YEAR. BEFORE OR WHETHER IN MEETING.

WITH PALESTINIAN NEW YORKERS. AFTER THAT, ALL OF IT IS PART OF. RECKONING WITH WHAT THAT DAY HAS. MEANT FOR THIS CITY AND THE FACT. THAT WE KNOW THAT IT BRINGS UP. THE MOST HORRIFIC MEMORIES FOR. SO MANY IN THIS CITY. AND ALSO FOR OTHERS IT IS A DAY. THAT IS CONTINUING IN THE. ISRAELI'S GOVERNMENT USE OF IT. AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR A.

GENOCIDE. AND SO TO ME IT IS CRITICALLY. IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO MOURN. FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED. AND HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE KNOW. THIS IS ONGOING AS OPPOSED TO. SOMETHING SIMPLY THAT WAS THREE. YEARS AGO. >> WE DO HAVE TO RUN. >> WOULD YOU ADD OR TAKE. ANYTHING OUT? >> I THINK THAT THE STATEMENT, ATTENDANCE, THE MEETING ALL. SPEAKS TO A RECKONING WITH.

HORROR AND A HORROR THAT. DEVASTATED THE LIVES OF NEW. YORKERS THREE YEARS AGO AND ALSO. CONTINUES TO DEVASTATE NEW. YORKERS TODAY. >> THANK YOU. GOT TIME FOR ONE MORE. >> ONE OF THE SPECIFIC. FRUSTRATIONS THAT IS ACTUALLY. WITHIN YOUR POWER AS MAYOR THAT. WAS CITED YESTERDAY BY. PROTESTORS WAS ABOUT DISBANDING.

SRG. WE'VE ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS A FEW. TIMES. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE AND DO YOU. HAVE A TIMELINE YOU ARE. COMMITTED TO AT THIS POINT YOU. CAN SHARE? >> SO I'VE SAID THIS OVER THE. COURSE OF THE CAMPAIGN AND ALSO. AS MAYOR IS THAT I AM JUST AS. COMMITTED AS I WAS AT THE VERY. BEGINNING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF. DISBANDING THE SRG AND DECOUPLE. RESPONSE TO PROTESTS FROM. COUNTER TERRORISM WHAT THEY WERE. FOUNDED MORE A LITTLE MORE THAN. A DECADE AGO IS HOW TO INSURE.

THAT DECOUPLING IS ONE THAT. DOESN'T COME AT THE EXPENSE OF. NEW YORKERS' SAFETY OR THE. PROTECTION OF THEIR. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND. SOMETHING THAT IS A PRIORITY, HAS BEEN A PRIORITY AND WE'LL. HAVE MORE TO SHARE SOON. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE. THANK YOU. >> Harris: CHAIRMAN JORDAN IS. WITH ME. YOUR FIRST REACTION. >> YEAH. WELL, THIS MORAL HE QUAV LANCEY.

ARGUMENT IS RIDICULOUS. HE USED THE TERM GENOCIDE FOR. WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING IN. DEFENDING THEIR NATION AND. DEFENDING THEIR PEOPLE. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS HOW RADICAL THEY'VE. BECOME. THEY TRY TO SAY IT IS NOT --. ISRAEL IS OUR ALLY. DEMOCRATICLY ELECTED. REPRESENTATIVES THERE. HOW DIFFERENT THAT CAN BE FROM. HAMAMAS FOR GOODNESS SAKE AND T. TO SAY THEY ARE EQUIVALENT. MAKES NO SENSE TO ANYONE WITH.

COMMON SENSE. THIS GUY IS DANGEROUS. THIS WHOLE DSA STUFF IS. DANGEROUS. AND IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. THE WAY TO STOP IT IS AT THE. BALLOT BOX IN 26 DAYS. >> Harris: DID YOU NOTICE HE. NEVER USES THE WORD JEW? HE NEVER SAYS JEWISH AMERICANS. MY JEWISH CITIZENS IN THE CITY. NEVER. EVEN THE REPORTER DIDN'T FOR. THAT MATTER. THEN HE USES THE WORD GENOCIDE. WHICH THE UNITED NATIONS NATIONS.

GENOCIDE CONVENTION IN 1948. CLEARLY STATES INVOLVES ACTS. SUCH AS KILLING CAUSING SERIOUS. HARM. PREVENTING BIRTHS OR FORCIBLY. TRANSFERRING CHILDREN COMMITTED. AGAINST A PROTECTED GROUP. THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS AT THIS. THEY WERE DEFENDING THEMSELVES. EVEN THE MAYOR SAID THAT. APPARENTLY HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT. GENOCIDE IS. >> YEAH, IT'S SAD. THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO KEEP. IN MIND ALL THE BEBENEFIT WE AS.

AMERICANS GET FROM ISRAEL AS. WELL. MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS THEIR. INTELLIGENCE TO TIPPED OFF THE. PRESIDENT WHAT IRAN WAS TRYING. TO DO. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR FRIEND. THEY ARE THE ALLY AND DEMOCRACY. IN THE MIDDLE EASTST, THE ONLY. ONE. WE FORGET ALL THAT AND THEY ARE. THE COUNTRY THAT STARTED LIKE. OURS WITH A DECLARATION IN 1948. 37 PEOPLE WROTE DOWN AND. DECLARED TO THE WORLD WHY IT WAS. APPROPRIATE AND JUST TIED.

FORSTART THE STATE OF ISRAEL. LIKE WE DID 250 YEARS AGO. 56 GUYS WROTE IT DOWN. DECLARED TO THE WORLD WHY IT WAS. APPROPRIATE TO START AMERICA. THE TWO COUNTRIES THAT DID THAT. ARE THE TWO THAT THE LEFT HATES. IT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED. TO KNOW ABOUT THE LEFT. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. ABOUT THE RADICALS WHO NOW. UNFORTUNATELY I THINK HAVE A. HOLD ON THE OTHER PARTY. >> Harris: I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU. RUN ON A DEMOCRAT TICKET NOW. WITH THAT AS YOUR POSTER CHILD. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

EITHER THEY CALL THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN DO THAT. IN 26 DAYS. MAYBE BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION. SERIES BUT IT WAS PLAIN AS DAY. SO GLAD YOU WERE WITH.