NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 24: New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. Mamdani was announced as the winner of the Democratic nomination for mayor in a crowded field in the City’s mayoral primary to choose a successor to Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for re-election on an independent ticket. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“REPUBLICANS LAUNCH BID TO STRIP NYC MAYOR-ELECT
MAMDANI OF US CITIZENSHIP “
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS–After Zohran Mamdani handily won the New York City mayoral election, becoming the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor-elect, Republican detractors in Washington, DC, said they would try to stop him from taking office.
President Donald Trump, who threatened to withhold federal funds to New York City if Mamdani won, lent credence to misleading questions about Mamdani’s citizenship and falsely accused the Ugandan-born 34-year-old of being a communist.
Some Republican lawmakers requested investigations into Mamdani’s naturalisation process and have called for stripping him of his United States citizenship and deporting him, accusing him without evidence of embracing communist and “terrorist” activities.
“If Mamdani lied on his naturalisation documents, he doesn’t get to be a citizen, and he certainly doesn’t get to run for mayor of New York City. A great American city is on the precipice of being run by a communist who has publicly embraced a terroristic ideology,” Representative Andy Ogles from the Republican party said in an October 29 news release, after asking US Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Mamdani.
“The American naturalisation system REQUIRES any alignments with communism or terrorist activities to be disclosed. I’m doubtful he disclosed them. If this is confirmed, put him on the first flight back to Uganda.”
Randy Fine, the Republican representative from Florida, misrepresented Mamdani’s time in the US when he said on October 27 on Newsmax: “The barbarians are no longer at the gate, they’re inside. … And Mamdani, having just moved here eight years ago, is a great example of that, becoming a citizen. Look, it is clear with much of what I have read that he did not meet the definition to gain Citizenship
Here are the key points:
– Accusations without Evidence: Republican lawmakers accuse Zohran Mamdani of embracing communist and “terrorist” activities, calling for his citizenship to be revoked and deportation.
– Investigation Requested : Representative Andy Ogles urges US Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Mamdani’s citizenship, alleging he lied on naturalisation documents.
– Claims of Communist Ties: Ogles claims Mamdani’s membership in Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a communist affiliation that should have been disclosed.
– False Claims by Trump: President Donald Trump falsely accused Mamdani of being a communist and threatened to withhold federal funds from New York City if he won.
– Legal Experts Skeptical: Immigration law experts say denaturalisation is rare and requires clear evidence of illegal procurement or material lies, which hasn’t been presented.
– Racist and Islamophobic Criticism: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) denounces Republican campaign as racist and Islamophobic
PolitiFact found no credible evidence that Mamdani lied on his citizenship application.
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