The structure is older than Mamdani. A Jewish organization is recast not as a political actor pursuing political ends but as a hidden hand that moves money in darkness to turn the people against themselves. The Soviet anti-Zionist campaigns ran on exactly this grammar: not Jews as opponents, but Jews as a parasitic force craving influence for its own sake. Mamdani’s “monsters” and “dark money” did not invent the frame. They inherited it. The pivot to Gaza is the alibi the frame always carries.
Rep Josh Gottheimer@RepJoshG
“Monsters.” “Dark money.” A hidden hand “turning us against one another.” Swap “AIPAC” for “Jews” and it’s the oldest antisemitic conspiracy theory in the books. That’s not criticizing a lobby. That’s laundering antisemitism from your podium as Mayor of a city with more than a
Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani calls AIPAC a "monster" that "moves dark money." No mention of Russia or the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. I guess they aren't as "bad" as AIPAC is to Mamdani. Insane.
9:37 PM · Jun 21, 2026 · 2.02M Views
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More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since the so-called ceasefire”
New York Mayor Mamdani defended his criticism of AIPAC, saying the group backs a system that continues to result in the killing of Palestinians
Mamdani is usually careful not to cross the line from harsh (and often false) criticism of Israel into outright antisemitism, but this time there is no other reasonable way to interpret his remarks.
Notice how he describes AIPAC’s funding as “dark money,” invokes the age-old conspiracy trope of Jewish influence over centers of power, and then effectively blames it for America’s economic problems.
Rabbi Poupko@RabbiPoupko
Was it Joseph Goebbels who said in 1939: "those monsters move millions of dollars in dark money to preserve their single goal: to divide us so they can hold on to power" No, it was Zohran Mamdani in 2026. Any historian or academic pretending not to know what is going on here is
5:17 PM · Jun 21, 2026 · 273K Views
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Straight out of the antisemitic playbook.
Was it Joseph Goebbels who said in 1939: “those monsters move millions of dollars in dark money to preserve their single goal: to divide us so they can hold on to power”
No, it was Zohran Mamdani in 2026.
Acyn@Acyn
Reporter: Some members of the Jewish community, including Democratic Congressman Josh Gottheimer, were alarmed by the language you used at the rally last week, calling AIPAC monsters who move dark money. Mamdani: I want to be very clear. We’re talking about a status quo where
5:29 PM · Jun 22, 2026 · 2.16M Views
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Any historian or academic pretending not to know what is going on here is either lying to themselves or to the public.
WATCH: After getting called out for demonizing Jews & Israel, Mamdani doubles down by blaming Israel & AIPAC for everything in the Middle East, no mention of Hamas or Hezbollah. He even tried to claim a known terrorist was a “journalist”
The mayor of the city with the world’s largest Jewish population is pushing conspiracy theories about “money men” who “move millions in dark money” to “turn us against one another” — and calling them “monsters.”
At a campaign rally in Brooklyn on June 18th, Mamdani called AIPAC a “monster,” one that fears democracy and, in his words, “an end to genocide and Netanyahu’s wars.” He accused the organization of moving “millions in dark money” to “turn us against one another.”
SWC CEO Jim Berk responded: “The suggestion that Jewish political participation is inherently suspect, illegitimate, or secretly manipulative is abhorrent. This is the same old story, retold in a new language. But when Jewish organizations alone are portrayed as uniquely divisive or corrosive, we cross into territory where old prejudices take root.”
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