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Florida Politics reports that U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat running for reelection, criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s statement marking the Oct. 7 Hamas attack anniversary. Moskowitz argued the statement’s criticism of Israel diminished the victims’ suffering; Mamdani’s remarks mourned those killed and taken hostage while also condemning Israel’s subsequent actions in Gaza. Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and activist Fred Guttenberg also criticized the mayor’s statement, according to the report.