Republicans are calling on President Donald Trump to strip a New York City mayoral candidate of his citizenship and have him deported.
Zohran Mamdani, born in Uganda and naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2018, won the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, beating out former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. In an X post, the New York Young Republican Club implored Trump to invoke the Communist Control Act against Mamdani.
“The radical Zohran Mamdani cannot be allowed to destroy our beloved city of New York,” they wrote.
The group tagged Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and “border czar” Tom Homan. The pair has been the public face of the president’s mass deportation agenda.
“New York is counting on you,” they shared.
The Communist Control Act was passed by Congress at the height of Cold War tensions. The legislation outlawed the Communist Party in the U.S. and barred communists from holding certain positions. The law has rarely been enforced since its passage in 1954.
Trump echoed the club’s fears of a red New York.
“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 on Truth Social Wednesday.
Outside of warmed-over Communist paranoia, conservatives have unleashed a whole slew of vile attacks on Mamdani. Criticism of the candidate is far from fringe, coming from Trump’s closest confidants.
Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed “proud Islamophobe” with ties to the White House, let off a slew of bigoted posts in the wake of Mamdani’s upset win.
“There will be another 9/11 in NYC and @ZohranKMamdani will be to blame,” Loomer wrote in a post on X.
Trump adviser Miller warned that Mamdani’s win is indicative of weak immigration policies.
“NYC is the clearest warning yet of what happens to a society when it fails to control migration,” Miller wrote on X.
Meanwhile, many Democrats are throwing in behind Mamdani. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent out her support.
“Zohran’s inspiring campaign showed what grassroots movements can achieve when we fight for bold policies,” Warren wrote. “I strongly support [Mamdani]. He’ll be a fantastic mayor!”
