San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow (left) is facing scrutiny after sharing social media posts that linked the election of New York City’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (GV Wire Composite)
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San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow shared two posts on X that linked the election of New York City’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to the 9/11 terror attacks, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
The posts featured images of planes striking the World Trade Center and were originally shared by accounts known for anti-Islam or right-wing content.
When asked by the Tribune about the connection between Mamdani’s election and 9/11, Dow said the reposts were not endorsements and cited his service as a U.S. Army veteran who “remembers like it was yesterday” the attacks by Islamic extremists.
He also called Mamdani, a democratic socialist, “un-American.”
San Luis Obispo physician Dr. Rushdi Cader, a Muslim and a longtime friend of Dow, described the posts as “highly incendiary” but urged understanding, saying he believed Dow acted out of political disagreement rather than religious contempt.
Read more at San Luis Obispo Tribune.
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