Just thinking out loud ...

Guess it's not just people at the 9/11 memorial who don't want to see this grinning snake. 

New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (Communist) received a hostile reception Tuesday night at Staten Island’s annual National Night Out Against Crime celebration. So hostile that his time on stage had to be measured in seconds, not minutes.

The 43rd annual NYPD National Night Out Against Crime drew more than 3,500 residents and families to Midland Beach. But one individual was clearly not welcome.

Mamdani arrived late in the evening and began making his way toward the stage. Sections of the crowd immediately erupted in loud boos, jeers, and shouts for him to leave, with some using profanities. Because, why not? This is Staten Island after all.

His remarks were brief, but Zohran kept his trademark vapid smile throughout.

“Happy Night Out Against Crime," he said. "It’s amazing to be here for the Staten Island community."

So amazing, he promptly fled the stage.

"Mayor Zohran Mamdani received a decidedly chilly reception from some Staten Islanders Tuesday night, drawing loud boos, jeers and profanities ... As the mayor made his way to the stage, sections of the crowd erupted in boos, with some attendees shouting for him to leave," Staten Island Live reported.

The New York Post added, "The carefully polished Mamdani — who is known for soaking up the public spotlight and delivering bloated speeches — embarrassingly spoke for less than a minute."

With this reaction, concerns about Mamdani's presence at the 25th anniversary ceremony commemorating the 9/11 terror attacks are only going to be amplified. A group of 9/11 families has insisted that the Muslim mayor has no place at the event.

Families behind the effort say they’re alarmed by Mayor Mamdani’s track record — especially the praise he’s given Imam Siraj Wahhaj, who was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — along with prior comments blaming the United States for radicalizing al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki, his appointment of a chief counsel who previously defended an al-Qaeda terrorist, and his endorsement of candidates who have minimized 9/11.

If people have this kind of reaction at an NYPD event, what might happen at Ground Zero?

A petition launched by the families has already gathered more than 77,000 verified signatures.

Mamdani was recently snubbed from speaking at the funeral of a Queens soldier killed in an Iranian attack, as well. Now, he's being chased out of relatively benign public events.

The visceral sustained booing and rapid exit from the stage at a major public event in Staten Island reveal that Mamdani’s support is far narrower than the glowing media coverage often suggests. There are some parts of the city that reject this terror-adjacent, communist.