Day: June 27, 2025

‘He needs to be deported’: Tennessee congressman calls for DOJ probe into Mamdani’s naturalization

U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks to supporters after being declared the winner in his Republican primary race, Aug. 1, 2024, in Franklin, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Thursday, June 26, 2025

Rep. Andy Ogles, Tennessee Republican, urged the Justice Department to open an investigation into New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, saying that he may have violated the terms of his naturalized citizenship by supporting terrorism and thus should be deported.

In a Thursday letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Mr. Ogles cited a report that Mr. Mamdani expressed solidarity with the Holy Land Foundation in a 2017 rap track, rapping “My love for the Holy Land Five/You better look ‘em up.”

The pro-Israel Canary Mission, which unearthed the track, said the “Holy Land Five” refers to five men who were convicted of funding over $12 million to Hamas, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.

The Canary Mission said the track record shows that Mr. Mamdani is “unfit for office.”

Mr. Mamdani, who was born in Uganda in 1991 and became a naturalized citizen in 2018, has served in the New York Assembly since 2020. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for mayor in Tuesday’s election.

“The naturalization process depends on good-faith disclosure of any affiliation with, or support for, groups that threaten U.S. national security,” said Mr. Ogles in his letter. “If Mr. Mamdani concealed relevant associations, that concealment may constitute a material misrepresentation sufficient to support denaturalization under federal law.”

Joining Mr. Ogles was the New York Young Republican Club, which issued a “call for action” urging President Trump to deport Mr. Mamdani under the Communist Control Act, a little-enforced 1954 law that has been described as unconstitutional.

“The radical Zohran Mamdani cannot be allowed to destroy our beloved city of New York,” the club on X.

Mr. Ogles also warned that Mr. Mamdani would “destroy the great city of New York” if elected mayor of the Big Apple.

Mr. Mamdani faces incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, in the November election

Mr. Mamdani has been active in the anti-Israel protests following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israeli civilians, which prompted Israel to declare war, but he has insisted there is “no room for antisemitism in this city or this country.”

He has also decried the “dehumanizing language” used against him, while his campaign said he has been the victim of Islamophobia. The New York Police Department has launched a hate crimes investigation into threats against the candidate.

Socialist NYC Mayor Candidate FACES DEPORTATION After Communist AGENDA Exposed

In this video, I break down the absolute insanity surrounding NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani—a radical socialist who's somehow managed to stun both the left and right. From wanting to freeze rent, replace police with social workers, and raise the minimum wage to $30/hour, to threatening to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city—this guy’s platform is a dumpster fire of delusion. Even Democrats are running scared from him, and now there’s talk of stripping his citizenship over possible ties to t*rrorism. I lay out how his utopian promises will destroy New York’s economy, drive away billionaires, and crush the working class under fake compassion. I will show the receipts, call out the lies, and expose the ridiculousness behind this clown show of a campaign. Even 50 Cent had to speak up. You don’t want to miss this.