Zohran Mamdani faces deportation threat from Donald Trump
Deportation threats and far-right fury
But it didn’t stop there – others in the Republican Party took a darker turn.
Ogles accused Mamdani – without offering evidence – of lying on his naturalization application and of being affiliated with “communist” and “terroristic” ideologies.
“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,” Ogles wrote.
“A great American city is on the precipice of being run by a communist who has publicly embraced a terroristic ideology. The American naturalization 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,” wrote Ogles, whose attacks against the mayor-elect have not stopped.
But legal experts quickly pushed back. As PolitiFact reported, there is “no credible evidence that Mamdani lied on his citizenship application,” and “denaturalization, the process of revoking a person’s citizenship, can be done only by judicial order.”
In other words, partisan outrage is not enough.Continue reading…
