Ben Shapiro

Not a word about the attempted bombers as of last night.

Mayor Zoran Mamdani's press secretary said, quote, the crusade against Islamification gathering held outside Gracie Mansion today by Jake Lang, a vile white supremacist, was despicable and Islamophobic.

Thankfully, the mayor and the first lady are both safe, though the events are a stark reminder of the threats they both face regularly.

The mayor put out another statement, quote, Yesterday, white supremacist Jake Lang organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion rooted in bigotry and racism.

Such hate has no place in New York City.

It is an affront to our city's values and the unity that defines who we are.

What followed was even more disturbing.

Violence at a protest is never acceptable.

The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.

Did you notice something in those statements?

Jake Lang was condemned in the fullest possible terms, so were the protesters.

But you may have noticed that you have no idea from those statements

Who were the people who were throwing the IED?

What did they actually believe?

Were they wrong?

Not a word of condemnation.

Not a single word.

In fact, if you read the mayor's statement and you had no context, you would come away thinking that Lange and his group threw the IED.

which is disgusting and crazy and vile, because it turns out that if ISIS devotees throw a bomb at the Stop the Islamic Takeover rally, the people who ought to be called out are, you know, the ISIS devotees.

They're the ones who threw a bomb.