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.

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    Marco Rubio first. POS birthright citizenship. Or let’s deport Ted Cruz. I’m sure Canada will love to have his head on a stick.

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    Gestapo level shit. Need to rise up. <yawn> No one cares anymore, and no one is willing to do what it will take.

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      I’m not convinced you would need to rise up. Just collectively stop going to work. The house of cards falls pretty quickly on capitalism if there are no workers to exploit.

      All the power is in the populace if they all agree to take it back together.

      It’s the laziest thing a person could do really. Just stay at home, ration food and wait until the billionaire folks lose their minds.

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        We are terrified of losing our jobs. We are told there is always another person waiting for your job. We are often a couple pay checks away from ruin.

        Maybe we need to stop spending. Don’t buy it if we don’t need it. Live Spartan for a month.