BREAKING: Trump and Vance Both Declined Invitations to Today’s 9/11 Memorial Mass. Biden, Mamdani, and Hochul Showed Up. 📰
Trump and JD Vance were both invited to today’s 9/11 Memorial Mass, and both said no. 🙅♂️
Vance is instead speaking tonight at the GOP convention. Trump has already said he won’t attend the ceremony at Ground Zero either, choosing a Pentagon commemoration instead, reportedly after being told he wouldn’t get a speaking slot in New York. 🏛
Joe Biden showed up anyway, a rare public appearance for the 83-year-old as he continues treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. 🤕 Zohran Mamdani attended too, despite a group of Republicans, including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Governor George Pataki, publicly demanding he stay home. Governor Kathy Hochul was there as well, writing beforehand that “division should not prevail over the spirit of unity that brought us together after September 11th.” 🕊
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