Zohran Mamdani fires back after Musk attacks FDNY appointee

New York City’s next mayor, Zoran Mamdani (left), clashed with X owner Elon Musk online. (Getty)

New York City Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani hit back at Elon Musk after the tech billionaire criticized his appointment of Liliane Bonsignore as New York City Fire Department (FDNY) chief.

Musk, 54, the owner of Tesla and X, claimed that “people are going to die” due to the appointment of Bonsignore, a former FDNY emergency medical services director who is also an openly lesbian woman.

On Dec. 27, Musk responded to the news, writing to X, “People will die because of this. When lives are at stake, proven experience matters.”

Mamdani, who won a landslide victory earlier this year on an LGBTQ+-friendly socialist platform, responded with a red-faced response: “Experience matters. That’s why you appointed someone who has spent over 30 years in EMS. You know, what’s the workforce that answers at least 70% of all calls that come into the FDNY?”

Mamdani’s historic victory in New York City on November 4 made him the city’s first Muslim mayor and the youngest since 1892.

The victory secured the 34-year-old left-wing political mogul more than 50 percent of the vote, forcing him to see off competition from Democratic independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, the former New York City governor, who only received 41 percent of the vote after a botched campaign. sexual assault allegations.

Meanwhile, Musk’s divisive Platform