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Denaturalization over Rap Lyrics? Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles Calls for Zohran Mamdani's Deportation
- Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen since 2018, won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor on Tuesday night.
- Tennessee Representative Andy Ogles called for Mamdani's denaturalization and deportation, citing Mamdani's past rap lyrics praising the Holy Land Five convicted in 2008 for funneling funds to Hamas.
- Ogles urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action against Mamdani, arguing that although there are First Amendment considerations, the rapper’s lyrics raise concerns about undisclosed connections that could impact his eligibility for U.S. citizenship.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defended Mamdani as a fellow New Yorker and called Ogles's deportation demands "disgusting," while multiple Democrats and Muslim American groups condemned Islamophobic attacks against Mamdani.
- The controversy underscores intense political divisions as Mamdani pledges an 800% increase in hate crime prevention funding and Ogles faces widespread rebuke for his rhetoric.
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MAGA Rep Slammed After Calling For Mamdani To Be Stripped Of His Citizenship And Deported Over Rap Lyric
Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles was called out after he shared a letter he sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to denaturalize and deport New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over a lyric in a rap song Mamdani released in 2017.Mamdani ran a campaign centered around economic populism, arguing that the city, a global financial center, has grown unaffordable for everyday residents, citing soaring rents and grocery prices, and ou…
Acting un-American: Attacking Zohran Mamdani’s U.S. citizenship is contemptible and dangerous
A sitting U.S. congressman in Tennessee has sent a formal request to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that Zohran Mamdani be stripped of his American citizenship and deported. In a saner world, Rep. Andy Ogles would be run out of office at the earliest possible opportunity for abusing his power in the most un-American way imaginable. President Trump, guided by his zealot aide Stephen Miller, is engaging in a deportation fiesta. They’ve focused m…
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