Queens Councilmember Vickie Paladino Faces Backlash After Controversial Post

Queens Councilmember Vickie Paladino faces backlash after controversial post

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A Queens city councilmember has sparked some serious backlash after a controversial post on social media. Vickie Paladino has since deleted what some are calling anti-muslim hate following the recent terror attack in Australia that killed 15 and injured 40 others. Authorities said two Muslim gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah [...]

GOP councilwoman sparks outrage over call for ‘expulsion of Muslims’ · American Wire News

A Republican New York City councilwoman from Queens sparked outrage with her call for Western nations to expel Muslims in the aftermath of the horrific slaughter of Jews celebrating Hannukkah in Bondi Beach, Australia, over the weekend. Fifteen people were killed, and more than 40 were injured when a pair of terrorists opened fire on them as they celebrated the Jewish holiday, an antisemitic act of carnage that shocked the world, leading some to…

Progressive Caucus demands censure of Queens Council Member Vickie Paladino over her anti-Muslim social media posts – amNewYork

Members of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus are calling for an ethics investigation and censure of Republican Council Member Vickie Paladino following a “disgusting, Islamophobic rant” on social media in which she called for the expulsion of Muslims from Western nations. In response to the horrific antisemitic terror attack in Sydney, Australia, Paladino wrote on Sunday that the world is experiencing a “global jihad” and argued that governm…

Paladino faces censure calls after Islamophobic social media posts

A Queens City Councilmember sparked outrage over the weekend after she called for the “expulsion of Muslims from western nations” in a since-deleted Islamophobic social media post that prompted calls for her censure.