Mamdani claps back at Musk over criticism of FDNY chief pick

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Source: The Hill

12/27/25 7:59 PM ET


New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Saturday rejected Elon Musk’s argument that his appointment to head up the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is inexperienced.

“Experience does matter, which is why I appointed the person who spent more than 30 years at EMS. You know, the workforce that addresses at least 70% of all calls coming into FDNY?” Mamdani wrote in a post on the social platform X.

His comment was in response to Musk’s earlier post alleging that people would “die” due to the appointment of Lillian Bonsignore, a veteran Emergency Medical Services leader. “People will die because of this. Proven experience matters when lives are at stake,” the tech billionaire and former White House adviser wrote in a post on X, which he controls.

Musk has railed against Mamdani alongside some Trump administration officials who condemned the mayor-elect’s policy proposals aligned with democratic socialism.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5664486-mamdani-defends-fdny-appointment/

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
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Experience does matter, which is why I appointed the person who spent more than 30 years at EMS. You know, the workforce that addresses at least 70% of all calls coming into FDNY?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
People will die because of this. Proven experience matters when lives are at stake.
6:21 PM · Dec 27, 2025

[Easterncedar]

1. As if Musk gives a rat's ass about people dying

[PatSeg]

10. Exactly

And why does he care what is happening in NYC anyway? He just seems to need to have his nose in everyone's business all the time.

[debsy]

2. " Proven experience matters when lives are at stake"

Direct quote from the immigrant tech bro who has no government experience and hostilely ran roughshod over numerous government agencies, fired tens of thousands of people for whose positions he had no understanding, overran government computer systems with AI and tracking software, stole who knows how many government files, and left them in rubble and ruin, the life threatening consequences of which have yet to be calculated.

He has no conscience.

[MIButterfly]

14. Thank you! My sentiments exactly only you said it much better than I could have.

[debsy]

16. Thank you!

[liberalgunwilltravel]

3. Maybe if we are lucky

Musk and Trump will be among the people that die. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.

[Joinfortmill]

4. Musk is a horse's ass.

[William Seger]

5. People ARE dying because of YOU and your chainsaw to USAID, you self-absorbed sack of dogshit! (nt)

[modrepub]

6. Why Engage with Elon?

It just creates traffic on his platform, which is really why Trump and him constantly berate the left (to drum up business). Traffic (arguments) creates $$.

[PSPS]

7. Yup. It's called "the outrage industry" and it's a very lucrative business model

It sucks people in with its constant stream of "outrage porn." Apparently, it's very addictive. Virtually all mass and social media has embraced it.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Musk fears taxes.

Take, say 90-percent for federal and 9-percent for state and local, and his pile would still be huge.

Greedy NAZI is Greedy. And a coward.

[CentralMass]

9. Lord Elmo weighs in.

[travelingthrulife]

11. I see the problem. It's a woman and Musk hates women.

[QED]

12. Was just going to say that.

Musk thinks women are just for having babies.

[Deuxcents]

13. Exactly! You beat me to it. Sounds too DEI for Elon who prefers college age kids to raid government institutions

[Grins]

15. "You don't live in NYC, so STFU!"

Who cares what you think?

[Historic NY]

17. She'll be a good pick

She has union support.

https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-name-lillian-bonsignore-retired-ems-chief-fdny-fire-commissioner/18309530/]