Republicans Ask Donald Trump to Revoke Zohran Mamdani’s Citizenship

he New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) has called on the federal government to strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship and deport him.

On Tuesday evening, Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, declared victory over Andrew Cuomo, former governor of the state of New York, in the Democratic primary for the 2025 New York mayoral election.

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The White House has framed the upset victory by Mamdani, who could become New York City’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor, as evidence of uncontrolled migration, aligning with the White House’s broader strategy of keeping border policy at the center of the national conversation.

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Responding to the results, the NYYRC wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “A CALL TO ACTION FROM THE NYYRC. The radical Zohran Mamdani cannot be allowed to destroy our beloved city of New York.

“The Communist Control Act lets President Trump revoke Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship and promptly deport him. The time for action is now—Stephen Miller and Thomas Homan, New York is counting on you.”

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Mamdani was born in Uganda in October 1991. His family moved to New York City when he was 7 years old in 1998. Mamdani was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2018.

In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act into law. In theory, this outlawed the Communist Party of the United States and banned communists from serving in certain roles. In practice, the act was rarely enforced and was stymied by numerous legal challenges.

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Republicans for National Renewal, a group that says it campaigns for President Trump’s “America First agenda” within the GOP, replied: “We fully support this initiative. Communist radical Zohran Mamdani should be remigrated as soon as possible.”

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On June 2, New York City Council Member Vickie Paladino, a Republican, wrote: “Let’s just talk about how insane it is to elect someone to any major office who hasn’t even been a US citizen for ten years—much less a radical leftist who actually hates everything about the country and is here specifically to undermine everything we’ve ever been about. Deport.”

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