There are a lot of things people claim they didn’t mean on social media.

A poorly worded tweet. An article they didn’t read closely. A meme they thought was ironic.

Sometimes, the mistake is legit.

But “liking” posts celebrating October 7 and claiming the violence Hamas perpetuated against women and even filmed is a hoax is not one of those things.

And it becomes especially troubling when the person doing it is the spouse of a public official — in this case, the wife of Zohran Mamdani, Rama Duwaji.

When the issue surfaced, Mamdani’s response was predictable: his wife is a private person, her views are separate from his, and she does not represent his administration.

Legally speaking, that may be true.

Morally speaking, it misses the point entirely.

Because October 7 is not a policy disagreement.

It is not a matter of tax rates or zoning........

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