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Michael Macko, the son of a man killed in the 1993 World Trade Center (WTC) bombing, said he is disappointed after an <\/strong>acquaintance of a convicted terrorist involved in his father\u2019s death won a New Jersey House primary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Democrat U.S. House candidate Adam Hisham Hamawy has faced scrutiny over his ties to Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman<\/a>, who was convicted of inciting the WTC bombing that killed six people and injured thousands in 1993.<\/p>\n

Macko, a “lifelong Democrat” born and raised in New Jersey, expressed his dissatisfaction with Hamawy\u2019s victory Tuesday in the Garden State.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just so disappointing\u2026 that this is the best candidate that we can come up with,” Macko told “The Story<\/a>” on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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His father, William Macko, a Marine veteran, was 57 when he was killed in the WTC bombing<\/a>. He was having lunch in the basement when the bomb exploded in the parking garage.<\/p>\n

“When your father was killed at the hands of terrorists<\/a> while he was in his workplace, especially prior to 9\/11 \u2013 which was just unfathomable\u2026 at the time \u2013 you become almost a single-issue voter,” Macko said.<\/p>\n

“This is just something that\u2026 I can’t look past,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Hamawy met Abdel-Rahman, an influential leader among al-Qaeda terrorists known as the “Blind Sheikh,” at a New Jersey middle school forum in 1991. He later testified as a witness for the defense in Abdel-Rahman\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

The New Jersey Democratic primary winner was endorsed by Sen.\u00a0Bernie Sanders<\/a>,<\/a>\u00a0I-Vt., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.<\/p>\n

Hamawy testified as a witness for the defense and has faced lingering questions about his association with the sheik.<\/p>\n

“[Hamawy] also testified that the Blind Sheik was preaching about jihad against America, and then\u2026 at the same time, while actually plotting a jihad that killed my father,” Macko noted.<\/p>\n

While Abdel-Rahman did not directly participate in the WTC bombing, several of his followers did. He was later arrested on charges of a plot to wage “urban terrorism<\/a>” against the U.S. by targeting landmarks, including the George Washington Bridge.<\/p>\n

Hamawy\u2019s campaign previously told Fox News Digital that his former affiliation with Abdel Rahman amounts to “guilt-by-association” shaming.<\/p>\n

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Macko questioned claims from Hamawy\u2019s campaign that the Democrat had no ties to Abdel-Rahman after the cleric\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

“It was the time leading up to him, you know the time that he spent with him, you know between 1991, 1993 when the bombing was being planned,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Hamawy was traveling with him around the country, acting as an interpreter. And even during the trial, he testified that he translated a fax in 1993,” Macko added. “That’s the year that the bombing took place. It’s just too much of a coincidence that Hamawy did not have any idea of what was going on.”<\/p>\n

According to court testimony, Hamawy accompanied the Blind Sheikh to mosques, which, according to the Washington Free Beacon, is where several WTC bombing suspects<\/a> would meet.<\/p>\n

Court records characterized Abdel-Rahman\u2019s Jersey City mosque as a “jihad office.”<\/p>\n

In a statement, Hamawy\u2019s campaign wrote that the New Jersey Democrat “condemns that man\u2019s violent rhetoric and actions, and all violence, hatred, and terrorism.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/son-1993-wtc-bombing-victim-calls-nj-democrat-primary-winner-disappointing-over-terror-ties <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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