'Needs to be deported': MAGA lawmaker urges feds to strip Mamdani’s citizenship

After the stunning upset that was Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary election, one Republican lawmaker is now calling for his deportation.

“Zohran ‘little muhammad’ Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York,” railed Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) in a Thursday post on X. “He needs to be deported. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings.”

Mamdani’s victory, achieved in part by running on a progressive policy agenda that includes rent freezes and increasing the minimum wage, has caused panic among Wall Street financiers, Republicans and many in the Democratic establishment. For Ogles, however, that panic has reached a level that compelled him to officially request that the Department of Justice consider revoking Mamdani’s citizenship.

Specifically, Ogles singled out lyrics to a song performed by Mamdani more than a decade ago, in which he rapped “free the holy land Five, my guys,” referring to leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, a United States-based Islamic charity, some of whom were indicted on charges of providing material support to Hamas, the political and military body of Palestine.

“While I understand that some may raise First Amendment concerns about taking legal action based on expressive conduct, such as rap lyrics, speech alone does not preclude accountability where it reasonably suggests underlying conduct relevant to eligibility for naturalization,” Ogles wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“... I respectfully urge the Department of Justice to determine whether Mr. Mamdani’s conduct prior to naturalization warrants formal review under applicable law.”

While he's the first lawmaker to call for Mamdani's deportation following his victory, he is not the first Republican to do so. The New York Young Republican Club in a social media post on Wednesday called on Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Border Czar Thomas Homan to revoke Mamdani's citizenship and have him deported, warning that his "radical" policies would "destroy our beloved city of New York."