# Mamdani Backpedals, New Jersey "Glitches," Sour Lemon.

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Podcast: [The Rita Cosby Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rita-cosby-show-4484149)
Published: 2026-07-22T03:39:43+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of the Rita Cosby Show, Rita breaks down NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's sudden, stunning backpedal on his threat to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Did the threat of federal civil rights lawsuits from legal titans like Alan Dershowitz force the mayor to chicken out? Rita also reacts to Don Lemon's controversial claim that the MAGA movement is America's version of the Nazi party & dissects a massive noncitizen voting "glitch" in New Jersey.

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