Republicans try to make Zohran Mamdani a Democratic villain well outside of New York City
- A member of Congress has called for the deportation of Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, and urged the Justice Department to investigate him for potential misrepresentation in obtaining U.S. citizenship.
- Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, claimed that Mamdani may have procured U.S. citizenship through willful misrepresentation or concealment of material support for terrorism.
- The New York Young Republican Club supports Mamdani's deportation, citing the Communist Control Act as a basis to revoke his citizenship.
- House Democrats have criticized the Republican calls for deportation as blatantly racist.
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Republicans seize on Zohran Mamdani as new leftist bogeyman
Two days after state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, Republicans at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference are casting the 33-year-old socialist as the new face of a “radical” Democratic Party, a bogeyman they hope will rally evangelical voters ahead of 2026. With plans to raise taxes on the wealthy, freeze rent on over 1 million apartments, and champion city-run grocery stores, Mamdani has swift…
Republicans could barely contain their joy when it was revealed that 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani had won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. “I would encourage Republicans to be a little more nervous about the guy,” Donald Trump’s former campaign manager told them.

Tennessee congressman says deport NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani
(The Center Square) - In a move that is being celebrated in right-wing social media circles and panned as racist by some on the left, Tennessee Congressman Rep. Andy Ogles
GOP congressman calls on Trump administration to deport candidate for NYC mayor
A member of Congress is calling for the deportation of Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat candidate for New York City mayor and a United States citizen, and has written a letter to the Justice Department asking for an investigation.
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