Late-night host Stephen Colbert is facing backlash for failing to ask pro-Palestinian New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Madani tougher questions about his stance on Israel during an interview on Monday.
Prior to the interview, which also featured fellow Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander, Jewish leaders had urged 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' host to press Mamdani over his refusal 'to condemn calls to "globalize the intifada" - incendiary language in which he has publicly trafficked for at least a decade.'
Instead, Colbert simply stated that some voters are 'very upset by some of the things that you've said in the past,' adding that 'they are afraid that your mayorship would actually lead to increased antisemitism.'
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