At the same time, an old tweet is making a comeback in the spotlight, one that many people have had, and still have, strong opinions about.

You could say it all started with a June 2020 tweet, in which the socialist Mamdani was pictured flipping the middle finger at a towering statue in Astoria, a neighborhood within his state Assembly district.

“Take it down,” said Mamdani, who was running for state assembly at the time.

The post didn’t sit well with Italian Americans in the city, including the Columbus Heritage Coalition, ever since it resurfaced on social media.

Angelo Vivolo, president of the Columbus Heritage Coalition, vowed not to support the left-leaning candidate come November.

“We will defend Columbus Day and Columbus statues,” Vivolo told The New York Post.

“He is being disrespectful