Major player on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team exposed for spewing vile hatred for Jews and Israel and gays in a series of social media posts

Hassaan Chaudhary, who identifies himself as newly appointed political director for Mamdani’s transition and inaugural committee on LinkedIn, used the word “Jew” as a slur, and even praised former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who infamously said Israel is “a cancer which will be eliminated soon.”

NY Post Chaudhary, who was the director of Muslim engagement for the Mamdani campaign, also described Israel as a “bloody country” and a “barbaric nation” in several posts starting many years ago. More recently, Chaudhary reshared a post on X in December 2024 aimed at pro-Israel Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who is Jewish.

Responding to Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi on February 9, 2012, Chaudhary said, “Hitler..why dont you face our Pakistani people? Your daughter works at WSJ [the Wall Street Journal].” He then invokes an urdu phrase, saying, “oh forgot that Jew hoga tera baap” — which loosely means “Jew will be your father.”

In another post, a thrilled Chaudhury also lauded brutal dictator Ahmadinejad and called him “fearless.”“This banda [person] is fearless RT “@murtazasolangi President Ahmedinejad has declared Israel as cancer which will be eliminated very soon,” Chaudhury wrote in an X post to Pakistani official Murtaza Solangi.

He spewed venom toward Israel in other posts. “There is a barbaric nation who’s killing indigents and innocent Palestinians called ISRAEL. TALK about it. #stupid media,” Chaudhury said in a post to a Pakistani journalist. In another post, he called Israel a “bloody country” for claiming a pro-Palestian resolution was undermining peace instead of promoting it.

In one tweet, he questioned gay rights. “@SaifsDen I too read a piece on Gay rights. To be honest, it is purely claptrap. Doesn’t make sense. Boundary line should be drawn somewhere,” Chaudhury, now 31, said.

Chaudhary fake apologized for the comments in a statement to The Post on Sunday. “I apologize for my tweets, as they do not reflect my current views, or represent who I am today,” he said. “Those comments  are not in line with how I see the world, and I look back at that rhetoric and mindset with deep regret.”

“This is Adolf Hitler language. It’s antisemitic. It’s a horror show,” said Dov Hikind, a former Brooklyn assemblyman and founder of Americans Against Antisemitism. He blamed Mamdani — who supports the controversial boycott, divestment and sanctions movementagainst Israel — for setting the example. “The fish stinks from the head. Mamdani sets the tone. It’s a hate-filled administration,” Hikind said.

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was caught on resurfaced video leading “BDS” chants in a push to boycott Israel while blasting officials for traveling to the Jewish State. The democratic socialist candidate led the chants in favor of the “boycott, divestment and sanctions” movement during a May 11, 2021 pro-Palestinian rally across from the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan.

“They show up at the Israel Day parade and they say, `We stand in solidarity,’” Mamdani goes on. “We want to let them know that there are three letters that we have as an answer to what is happening in Palestine. It’s BDS.”

In April, Mamdani sat for a three-hour interview with Twitch Muslim streamer, Hasan Piker, who has repeatedly called Orthodox Jews “inbred,” compared Israelis to the Ku Klux Klan, and defended Hamas’ attack on the Nova music festival. When asked about Piker, Mamdani said, “I am willing to speak to each and every person about this campaign.”

Veteran political consultant Hank Sheinkopf railed that “words matter.” “This advisor to the mayor is clearly by his own words a Jew hater,” said Sheinkopf, who is Jewish and a rabbi. “The only issue: it always begins with the Jews but never ends with the Jews. Who’s next on the list?”

A representative for Mamdani’s transition team condemned Chaudhary’s remarks, and said he is a Muslim outreach director for the mayor-elect, not the political director for the transition team. The spokesperson did not indicate that Chaudhury would be fired for his venomous remarks.