New York City under self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani would not be protected against violent crimes and potential terrorist attacks, retired NYPD Detective Bo Dietl told Newsmax on Tuesday.

Dietl, a member of President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, appeared on Newsmax’s “Newsline” the day after a man stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle, killing four people, including a New York City police officer, and wounding a fifth before taking his own life.

Host Bianca de la Garza showed Dietl and viewers a social media post in which Democrat mayoral nominee Mamdani said, “We don’t need an investigation to know the NYPD is racist, anti-queer and a major threat to public safety.” He also called for the police to be defunded.

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