Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) along with New York State Assemblymember Zohran Kwame Mamdani attend the 2025 National Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 08
Hardline MAGA loyalist launches extraordinary effort to DEPORT Muslim NYC Mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani
A conservative MAGA lawmaker has called for NYC's rising star mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship after claiming he is linked to Islamic terrorism.
Representative Andy Ogles, of Tennessee's fifth district, joined the droves of politicians raging against the 33-year-old Muslim, who pulled off a major upset this week to win the Democrat primary ahead of November's New York mayoral election.
'Zohran "little muhammad" Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York,' Ogles wrote on X. 'He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings.'
In his letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ogles claimed Mamdani might have 'willfully' misrepresented or 'concealed' his 'support for terrorism' while obtaining his US citizenship.
Mamdani, who is Muslim, was naturalized in 2018 at the age of 26 after moving to NYC from Uganda aged seven.
His charisma and slick election campaign have seen him become a darling among progressive Democrats - and a target for some conservative Republicans.
However, Ogles claimed the progressive shouldn't have been granted citizenship as Mamdani, who used to rap under the name Mr. Cardamom, had sung about the Holy Land Five.
'My love to the Holy Land Five, you better look 'em up,' he reportedly sang in a 2017 song.
The Holy Land Five's foundation was shut down in 2009 after a federal judge in Dallas sentenced the five founders for funding Hamas.
Mamdani was repeatedly asked about Israel and his known Pro-Palestine support during the race to the primary. He refuses to recognize Israel as the home of the Jewish people.
Representative Andy Ogles (pictured), who represents Tennessee's fifth district, joined the droves of politicians unhappy with Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic socialist, getting the nomination in America's largest city
'Zohran "little muhammad" Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York,' Ogles wrote. 'He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings'
The five sent the terrorist group $12million in funding between 1995 and 2004, the Justice Department said.
'Publicly praising the Foundation's convicted leadership as "my guys" raises serious concern about whether Mr. Mamdani held affiliations or sympathies he failed to disclosed during the naturalization process,' Ogles wrote in his letter.
'If an individual publicly glorifies a group convicted of financing terrorism, it is entirely appropriate for federal authorities to inquire whether that individual engaged in non-public forms of support - such as organizational affiliation, fundraising, or advocacy.'
Those forms of support would need to be disclosed on Form N-400 on during the citizenship process.
He also said that Mamdani has had plenty of opportunity to make his political support clear to Americans and especially New Yorkers while on the campaign trail.
Mamdani was constantly asked about Israel and his previous Pro-Palestine support while campaigning for the Democrat nominee slot.
The Democratic socialist has previously said he would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he stepped foot in the Big Apple and has stated he believed Israel had a 'right to exist but only as a state with equal rights for Muslims.'
Mamdani uses the term 'genocide' to describe Israeli military actions in Gaza
Particularly controversial was his use and defense of the phrase 'globalize the intifada.' Intifada is a Palestinian word for violent terror attacks against innocent Israeli civilians, and it is used to encourage anti-Semitic violence. "Global Intifada" means destroy Israel and kill all the Jews.
He has faced backlash for his refusal to say Israel should remain a Jewish State and that his first international trip as NYC mayor would not be to Israel.
His pro-Palestinian stance has sparked outrage amongst Jewish communities, which make up a large portion of the city, and makes up the largest population of Jewish people outside of Israel.
The Holocaust Museum in Washington DC called his comments both 'outrageous and especially offensive'.
In his letter to AG Pam Bondi (pictured), Ogles claimed Mamdani might have 'willfully' misrepresented or 'concealed' his 'support for terrorism' while obtaining citizenship. Mamdani, once a rapper, sung about the Holy Land Five, who were convicted for supporting Hamas
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (pictured) conceded on Tuesday evening after first round votes were tallied. Cuomo garnered 36 percent, while Mamdani, a Democratic sodalist, got 46 percent
'While political speech in isolation is not dispositive, in light of earlier expressions of admiration for individuals convicted of supporting terrorism, a troubling pattern emerges that warrants formal scrutiny,' Ogles continued in his call for Mamdani to be thrown out of the country.
'The federal government must uphold public trust by ensuring that citizenship is not granted under false pretenses.'
Mamdani appeared thrilled with recent criticism from President Trump himself and is now seen as a rising star of the Democrat party.
If Mamdani wins in the general election in November, he will be the first Muslim mayor of NYC.
Daily Mail has reached out to Mamdani and Ogles for comment.
Mamdani ran on a platform that promises affordability to the second most expensive city in the world. He plans to provide free public buses, city-owned grocery stores that will offer cheaper prices, and free universal childcare, among others. He wants to pay for it by raising property taxes in white neighborhoods.
The city assemblyman has also proposed spending $65 million on transgender care, including for minors.
Mamdani first announced the transgender protection plan last month at a Trans Community Town Hill meeting flanked by activists, seen here
His administration would also form its own Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs.
His campaign site says his administration would also form its own Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs
Mamdani's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs would be bankrolled with $87 million in funding.
He branded the NYPD as 'wicked and corrupt', while calling for it to be dismantled
He also advocates defunding the city's police department.
He branded the body a 'rogue agency'.
He also branded the NYPD as 'wicked and corrupt', and called for it to be dismantled.
Mamdani said he would not hire more police officers, but instead create a city agency called the Department of Community Safety.
Building that department would cost $1.1 billion, his team estimated $605 million of that would be transferred from other departments and offices that already exist inside City Hall.
The remainder, $455 million, would come from new funding sources, which have not all yet been identified.
Ogles calls for Bondi to denaturalize and deport Mamdani in his letter (pictured). The Indian American, who is Muslim, became a citizen in 2018 after moving here when he was seven from Uganda, where he was born
Mamdani garnered 43.5 percent of the first-round votes.
New York City uses ranked-choice voting, allowing voters to list up to five candidates on their ballots. Final results for rounds two to five are expected to come in on Tuesday.
Although Mamdani did not officially win the primary - as he would have needed over 50 percent of the votes to do so - it is expected that he will still win after the other rounds are tallied.
Mamdani will face incumbent Mayor Eric Adams.
Since his win, President Donald Trump has branded Mamdani as a '100 percent Communist lunatic' and criticized his fellow Democratic socialist endorsers, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
'It's finally happened, the Democrats have crossed the line. Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has just won the Dem Primary, and is on his way to becoming Mayor,' Trump wrote.
During a debate, Mamdani promised to be Trump's 'worst nightmare.'
His victory speech was attended by lefty celebrities like actress Cynthia Nixon, actor Kal Penn and Kamala Harris' stepdaughter Ella Emhoff,
Ella Emhoff, Karina Muslimova, and Kareem Rahma arrive at Democratic primary winner for Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani's primary party in Queens
Ella Emhoff
Ella in tears after her 'Mamala' conceded to Trump the day after the election
At the time of Harris' loss, Emhoff took to Instagram to write: 'It fucking hurts like a bitch."
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New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said he should be the blueprint for Democrats nationwide
He defended the terrorist who killed Lee Rigby, 25, of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, who had served his country courageously on the dusty battlefields of Afghanistan
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The terrorist who killed Lee Rigby
Mamdani is seen here alongside Emily Ratajkowski, wearing a "Hot Girls for Zohran" T-shirt. He has also secured endorsements from radical leftists like Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. .
Bernie Sanders endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor
Born in Uganda before moving to the US when he was 7, Mamdani is the son of filmmaker Mira Nair, who directed the infamous 'Mississippi Masala', and Columbia University Professor Mahmood Mamdani, who teaches Colonial Studies at Columbia
Rama Duwaji, 27, his pro-Pally wife, said she was from Damascus.
Duwaji, 27, is a pro-Palestine illustrator
Among Duwaji's recent artworks shared to her Instagram include calls to release previously detained Columbia student and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil
In May, she also shared an animation condemning Israel's treatment of civilians in Gaza, which showed a woman holding a bowl that read 'it's not a hunger crisis... it is deliberate starvation'
Mamdani shared images from his wedding day with Duwaji
She is best known for her illustrations and animations, many of which are pro-Palestine themed and criticize Israel and the Trump administration.
