Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’

Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’

The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City, of his US citizenship as part of a crackdown against foreign-born citizens convicted of certain offences.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, appeared to pave the way for an investigation into Mamdani’s status after Andy Ogles, a rightwing Republican representative for Tennessee, called for his citizenship to be revoked on the grounds that he may have concealed his support for “terrorism” during the naturalization process.

Mamdani, 33, who was born in Uganda to ethnic Indian parents, became a US citizen in 2018 and has attracted widespread media attention – and controversy – over his vocal support for Palestinian rights.

  • SpaceShort@feddit.uk
    7·
    39 minutes ago

    At some point, some country will need to send a task force to El Salvador to liberate people from the concentration camp there.

  • Kornblumenratte@feddit.org
    3·
    31 minutes ago

    If deporting him turns out not to work, perhaps admitting to psychiatry because of Trump Derangement Syndrom would?

  • MrSulu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    212·
    6 hours ago

    Trump sees the “sucesses” of the Netanyahu strategies

  • UlyssesOnlyOnce@lemmy.coffeeEnglish
    21·
    7 hours ago

    Its a good thing Democratic leadership has condemned this. They obviously don’t like the man and see him as a threat, but Trump’s actions are far worse. They did stand up for him right? Right?

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
      6·
      4 hours ago

      They stand up for him in the most feeble, token way, once they’re sure it won’t affect the outcome. Then they’ll regretfully run Cuomo.

  • MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world
    632·
    9 hours ago

    Disgusting. If they do this, we are actually living in a fascist state. Stripping citizenship from your political opponents? This is insane.

    • Allemaniac@lemmy.world
      141·
      4 hours ago

      THAT’s the trigger point where you will accept that you live in a fascist country?? Have you been asleep since january?

      • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 hours ago

        Long story short is that America has literally been going through “First they came for …” for months now.

        I can already see the headlines from later this year and the next, about how “no one could see it coming” and “why didn’t anyone warn me(better)”. You can actually just go to communities making fun of pro-brexit folk and see the same quotes from them afterwards.

        • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
          4·
          2 hours ago

          Months. Did you somehow miss black lives matter? The rapid growth of the prison industrial complex? This is just the explosive conclusion to a pattern that was well underway long before Trump.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
      191·
      6 hours ago

      We better start preparing for a stronger resistance now while we still can.

      1. find local communities and get involved to make connections
      2. We can effect things drastically with a general strike. This targets the establishment’s income streams, and can bring a fascist government to its knees if done on a large enough scale.
      3. Contact a union and attempt to unionize your workplace so that the general strike is even more effective (plus, ya know, better pay and working conditions as a bonus!)

      This method would not only work in the US, but anywhere in the world.

      Union Suggestions:

      1. Continuing to participate in publicly visible resistance demonstrations like 50501 (the next one is July 17th) to encourage others to stand up with you and prove to that there are millions of others who will join them in the fight. A large part of Nazi Germany’s success in taking over the country was a lack of massive public demonstrations against the new regime, making people feel helpless and afraid to take a stand.

      If we put in the work, we can resist this and we can win. Look at how effective these methods were when used in Chile in 2019.. If we completely reject the political system and rebel on a mass scale, there is NOTHING they can do to stop us.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        ASF-IWA:

        We do not seek the conquest of political power, but rather the total abolition of all state functions in the life of society. Hence we reject all parliamentary activity and other collaboration with legislative bodies.

        uhhhh no thanks. they’re never going to actually get anything done

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          4 hours ago

          If you’d prefer a more standard union, there’s quite a few to choose from. The United Workers Union looks to be alright.

          An issue with more ‘standard’ unions is that they are often centralized with leaders that can become corporate captured, and thus begin to actually work in the interests of the capital owners to only achieve modest or lackluster gains from negotiations or strikes. They also often don’t have a particular interest in truly changing the status quo, such as working toward building up popular movements to challenge capitalism itself, instead only hoping for a wage increase so they can continue as usual, with a little more breathing room.

          The ASF-IWA doesn’t demand that their members don’t vote in political elections, only that as an entity, they’re more focused on direct-action instead of waiting for permission from a corporate captured system.

          But in the end, joining any union is still a win in my book.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      65·
      8 hours ago

      If they do this, it is further confirmation that we are actually living in a fascist state.

    • don@lemmy.ca
      19·
      10 hours ago

      First: Human MAGAs.

      Second: I’m more of a proponent for aqueous fluoroantimonic acid instead of bleach, but do recognize the effectiveness and cost savings provided by bleach.

        • don@lemmy.ca
          13·
          9 hours ago

          Thank you, fartographer ~stop it, autocorrect, I meant the f goddammit~, for your kind if maybe confusing compliment

            • don@lemmy.ca
              5·
              6 hours ago

              Your threats are too kind, fartographer ~autocorrect. goddammit. i’ve already told you the f is intentional. do that shit again and i turn you over to chatgpt for its personal pleasure.~, far too kind. Whatever boredoms await us, I’ve no doubt that your fartographic ~(glares at autocorrect)~ expertise shall prove mildly valuable, at the absolute least.

              ~that’s no threat, autocorrect, that’s a fucking promise. you don’t wanna know what chatgpt loves to do with code like you. you really don’t.~

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    71·
    7 hours ago

    Honestly? Fucking do it. Piss off millions of people within earshot of DC. Let’s fucking see what happens.

  • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
    60·
    12 hours ago

    Whoa there America. That sounds like some good ol” fashioned American fascism right there

    • don@lemmy.ca
      12·
      8 hours ago

      The fuckass conservatives have long since been brainwashed into fantasizing about being fascist, and the democratic leadership has done pretty much fuckall about it.