A historic social media account attributed to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, appears to have been deactivated amid scrutiny over resurfaced posts.
Duwaji faced backlash after the Washington Free Beacon reported that, when she was in her teens and early 20s, posts were made using a racial slur and celebrating Palestinian militant actions on X and Tumblr accounts that appeared inactive for some time.
While the alleged Tumblr account still appears to be visible online, the X account, which has the username @_RamaDee, seems to have been deactivated. Social media activity on X, viewed by Newsweek, suggests that other users were able to respond to old posts as recently as Thursday.
Newsweek was unable to independently verify the accounts belonged to Duwaji, and its not clear who deleted the X account. The Washington Free Beacon said it linked the X account to her through facial recognition technology. It also said the accounts mentioned her birthday, the name of her cat and the different places she has lived or visited.
Newsweek has contacted the New York Mayor’s office, via email outside of normal working hours, for comment.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
