Mamdani's response to Trump's Iran strike sparks conservative backlash: 'Rooting for the ayatollah'

New York City's socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing blowback from conservatives on social media over his post condemning the U.S. attack on Iran which led to the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

On Saturday, as a joint strike on Iran by the United States and Israel was developing, Mamdani blasted the Trump administration's decision in a post on X that has been viewed roughly 20 million times. 

"Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel ...