Shame on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who were caught yukking it up during the somber reading of 9/11 victims at Ground Zero during the 25th anniversary service on Sept. 11.

The darlings of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America appeared all smiles in a live feed of the ceremony, interspersed with shots of a man cradling his head in his arms and bawling his eyes out while friends and family read out the names of their departed loved ones from the podium.

Quick to emerge were pointed reactions online to the apparent show of disrespect at the site where thousands of Americans were murdered by terrorists.

“Why the f–k are these two laughing?!?” Meghan McCain, former “The View” host and daughter of late GOP Sen. John McCain, wrote on X.

“How the hell do you laugh while the names of those murdered on 9/11 are being read aloud? Why would you do so?” wondered Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz.

“After thousands of families of victims of terror beg Mamdani not to show up, he stands there and laughs while families weep. This is NYC’s mayor,” Brooklyn Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov scolded.

One insider told The New York Post that the ungraceful scene unfolded after Mamdani was notably left standing alone once N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul, N.Y. state Attorney General Letitia James and N.Y. Sen. Chuck Schumer shuffled out mid-ceremony. 

Simply put, smiling, laughing or conversing casually during the reading of the nearly 3,000 victims’ names shows — in our view — a shameful lack of situational awareness and empathy for grieving families.