US EditionDenaturalization over Rap Lyrics? Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles Calls for Zohran Mamdani's Deportation
- Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen and Democratic Socialist, won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor on June 25, 2025.
- Republican U.S. Representative Andy Ogles called for an investigation and denaturalization of Mamdani, citing rap lyrics praising convicted terrorists and alleged nondisclosure during naturalization.
- Ogles urged the Department of Justice to review Mamdani’s conduct under federal law related to citizenship revocation for willful misrepresentation tied to support for terrorism.
- Mamdani committed to significantly boosting resources for hate crime prevention by a factor of eight, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer condemned the criticisms against him as “disgusting.”
- The controversy deepens political divisions, with Democrats denouncing Islamophobic attacks and Republicans criticizing Mamdani’s affiliations, affecting perceptions of the NYC mayoral race.
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‘Vicious Islamophobia’: GOP Calls for Deportation of US Citizen Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani at Caveat. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Julia Conley / Common Dreams The victory of New York state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s…
Ogles: ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Mayoral Candidate Must Be Deported
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is urging the Department of Justice to investigate New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for possible denaturalization, saying Mamdani may have failed to disclose sympathies or support for individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses prior to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Rep. Ogles to Newsmax: Denaturalize Mamdani
New York City Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani should be subject to denaturalization proceedings because "he failed to disclose some of the things that he had been doing, one of which was joining the Democrat Socialists of America," when he became a U.S. citizen, said Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. "That's a communist organization, which, quite frankly, at that time would have disqualified him from becoming a United States citizen," Ogles sai…
Tennessee congressmember wants Mamdani 'denaturalized'
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — U.S. Congressmember Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who just won the Democratic primary for New York City Mayor, should lose his U.S. citizenship. Ogles sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday alleging that Mamdani lied on his citizenship application by not stating that he supports terrorism. Ogles…
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