Debra Messing was slammed for her recent controversial comments about Zohran Mamdani, made on the day of the election in an apparent attempt to discourage people from voting for him. According to Entertainment Weekly, the Will & Grace actress, who has been vocal in her support for Andrew Cuomo took to Instagram Stories to share a meme of Mamdani that called him a "jihadist." The image, re-shared from an account called @thepersianjewess, showed an edited ballot page suggesting that voters had two choices in this election. The first option said “A Democrat Just a Democrat” and the second option read “An Actual Communist Jihadist A Literal Karl Marx-Quoting, America-Hating Jihadist.”Meme posted on Debra Messing's Stories (Image via Instagram/ @therealdebramessing)Debra Messing's remarks about Zohran Mamdani have been widely criticized by fans in online spaces, who called her comments Islamophobic. According to CNN, on Tuesday, November 4, Zohran Mamdani won the New York Mayoral General Elections, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo to become the first Muslim and first South Asian candidate to be elected to this role.More about Debra Messing comments about Zohran Mamdani, as she faces backlash for her recent remarksThis is not the first time Debra Messing has made controversial statements regarding the New York Mayoral Election, particularly writing about Zohran Mamdani. According to Huff Post, some time ago, Messing had taken to Instagram to reply to a user, who criticized her for not supporting socialism. In her lengthy message, she suggested that Zohran Mamdani had allegedly celebrated 9/11 and claimed that he wanted to defund the police. She wrote:"I have nothing against Socialism, don’t know where you got that. voted against M because he celebrated 9/11. Let that sink in. I love my country. My reasoning is not Islamophobia. I’ve chosen to live in the most beautifully diverse city in the world. The same people who did 9/11 did Oct. 7. I just don’t want a mayor who sides with terrorists. Oh and he wants to defund the police. And he has no experience. I’ll stop here.”In fact, Debra Messing's re-share of the post calling Mamdani a "jihadist" was not the only one she had posted on election day. According to The Wrap, that particular post was among hundreds shared by the Emmy-winning actress on Tuesday, all related to Zohran Mamdani or the New York Mayoral Election.It was not just fans who called her out for sharing a post falsely labelling Zohran Mamdani a "jihadist." Comedian and writer Carey O'Donnell also criticized Debra Messing. In the now-deleted post shared on X (formerly Twitter) O'Donnell called Debra Messing a "psychopath" for sharing the controversial meme about Mamdani. Messing, who is known for her vocal support of Israel, had previously also criticized Zohran Mamdani for his stance on Palestine.The Along Came Polly actress has been involved in other controversies before. According to Politico, back in 2019, she faced backlash for demanding that the list of high-profile donors to Donald Trump's campaign be made public. Around the same time, she had also shared a post on X (formerly Twitter), calling out Black voters in the US, allegedly saying that they had a "mental illnesses" that made them vote for Donald Trump. This tweet drew significant criticism, leading her to later delete it and issue an apology.Zohran Mamdani, who has been criticized by several prominent politicians like Donald Trump and others, is now set to become the youngest Mayor of New York City at thirty-four years.