Zohran Mamdani Dragged on Twitter/X for Passive Statement About Murder of National Guard Member Sarah Beckstrom

New York City’s mayor-elect put out a statement about the National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, who died after being shot in Washington, DC this week. Mamdani’s message is being slammed on Twitter/X for leaving out or twisting rather important details about the incident.

See if you can spot what is wrong with his message. Take a look below:

I’m devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old.

As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia…

— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) November 28, 2025

Passing? She just passed away? That’s what happened?

From RedState:

Many noticed that the X comment from Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, in response to the news of Beckstrom’s death, was seriously lacking in some fundamental things.

I’m devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old. As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia who have been plunged into unimaginable grief.

He didn’t mention anything about Beckstrom being killed or murdered. He didn’t mention it was allegedly by an Afghan national who yelled, “Allahu Akbar.” He didn’t mention that the police are alleging it was an ambush and are investigating it as possible terrorism. He didn’t mention Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.

Here are some reactions:

The passing. https://t.co/KKEG7qrYD9

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 28, 2025

She didn’t have cancer.

She was murdered. By a Muslim from Afghanistan. Just for existing. https://t.co/qlN90IGimC

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) November 28, 2025

If you didn’t know about this story, you might have thought she died of cancer based on how vague this is. https://t.co/vjSPoIfpL1

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) November 28, 2025

Note the passive language. She wasn’t murdered by an Islamist Afghan terrorist, “she passed.”

This man is a machine to whitewash terrorist propaganda https://t.co/vfA1IPZNcU

— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) November 28, 2025

When an Islamic extremist executes a National Guard soldier in cold blood,
Zohran refuses to mention how the victim died. They just “pass away.”

But Zohran accuses American police of murder all the time. He denounces prisons for MURDERING “black and brown people.” He denounces… https://t.co/NIGIu5dqTf pic.twitter.com/k22rMkU2l4

— Drew Pavlou (@DrewPavlou) November 28, 2025

You misspelled “murdered.” https://t.co/NZAnTbEs8v

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) November 28, 2025

Consider this a preview of Mamdani’s first term as mayor of NYC. It’s going to be horrible.