Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Griff Jenkins issued an on-air statement Saturday after a guest slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a “terrorist” earlier in the program.

Conservative WABC radio host Sid Rosenberg made the remarks after a discussion on the show of an apparently unhinged man who rampaged through the Upper West Side earlier this week, allegedly stabbing two people while shouting “Allahu Akbar.”

We know there are heated feelings around this war last hour, while discussing the role anti-Israel is playing in the rise of antisemitism, one of our guests labeled New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a quote, terrorist. Now that word carries an extremely serious meaning, it should not be used freely and its important we distinguish between strong political criticism and factual allegations.

During his appearance, Rosenberg ticked off a list of groups of people he said Mamdani “hates:”

Look, these people are very nice people, but trying to talk to Mayor Mamdani is is like trying to talk to the IRGC.

This guy is a terrorist. That’s the bottom line, I’ll say it. You don’t want to say it, I’ll say it. He’s a terrorist, he’s a jihadist. He hates the Jewish people. He hates America. He hates the Italian people, he hates the Irish people, he hates the German people, unless you’re Muslim, Mayor Mamdani has no use for you. He is a horrible person.

He maybe has perpetrated the worst American and Jewish hate in the history of this country. Those two people stabbed the ore day on the Upper West Side of New York City, that blood is on his hands. That blood is on your hands, Mayor Mamdani.

We’ve got to find a way to get this guy out of here.

Jenkins tried to interject, telling Rosenberg, “I think you may be a bit over your skis in calling him, in labeling him a terrorist and you’re probably going to be flagged for that.”

Rosenberg, who called the mayor a “low life,” shot back: “Why?”

Later, Rosenberg took to X, where he stood by his remarks, posting a video of the exchange with Jenkins.

“The comments that had FOX apologize for me TWICE after my appearance early this morning. I 100% stand by my assertions! 100%!” he wrote.

Watch above via Fox.

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