Rep. Andy Ogles, Tennessee Republican, urged the Justice Division to open an investigation into New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, saying that he could have violated the phrases of his naturalized citizenship by supporting terrorism and thus must be deported.
In a Thursday letter to Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi, Mr. Ogles cited a report that Mr. Mamdani expressed solidarity with the Holy Land Basis in a 2017 rap monitor, rapping “My like to the Holy Land 5/You higher look ‘em up.”
The professional-Israel Canary Mission, which unearthed the monitor, stated the “Holy Land 5” refers to 5 males who have been convicted of funding over $12 million to Hamas, a U.S.-designated overseas terrorist group.
The Canary Mission stated the monitor exhibits that Mr. Mamdani is “unfit for workplace.”
Mr. Mamdani, who was born in Uganda in 1991 and have become a naturalized citizen in 2018, has served within the New York Meeting since 2020. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo within the Democratic main for mayor in Tuesday’s election.
“The naturalization course of depends upon the good-faith disclosure of any affiliation with, or help for, teams that threaten U.S. nationwide safety,” stated Mr. Ogles in his letter. “If Mr. Mamdani hid related associations, that concealment could represent a cloth misrepresentation adequate to help denaturalization below federal legislation.”
Becoming a member of Mr. Ogles was the New York Younger Republican Membership, which issued a “name for motion” urging President Trump to deport Mr. Mamdani below the Communist Management Act, a little-enforced 1954 legislation that has been described as unconstitutional.
“The unconventional Zohran Mamdani can’t be allowed to destroy our beloved metropolis of New York,” stated the membership on X.
Mr. Ogles additionally warned that Mr. Mamdani would “destroy the nice Metropolis of New York” if elected mayor of the Large Apple.
Zohran “little muhammad” Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the nice Metropolis of New York. He must be DEPORTED. Which is why I’m calling for him to be topic to denaturalization proceedings.
Connected is my letter to @AGPamBondi. pic.twitter.com/RWCZm67VOr
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) June 26, 2025
Mr. Mamdani faces incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who’s working as an impartial, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, founding father of the Guardian Angels, within the November election
Mr. Mamdani has been lively within the anti-Israel protests following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assault on Israeli civilians, which prompted Israel to declare conflict, however he has insisted there’s “no room for antisemitism on this metropolis or this nation.”
He has additionally decried the “dehumanizing language” used towards him, whereas his marketing campaign stated he has been the sufferer of Islamophobia. The New York Police Division has launched a hate crimes investigation into threats towards the candidate.