Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is doubling down on his calls that the Department of Justice denaturalize New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
“Mamdani could very well be made mayor of NYC in less than two weeks. We have no time to waste. In 2017, he was a public supporter of the totalitarian DSA, praised terrorists, and openly despised the U.S. Constitution. Those views MUST be disclosed during naturalization, and if they were withheld, that’s a federal crime,” Ogles said in a statement on X. “If we deport Mamdani for breaking REAL laws, we can save NYC and take back our country from the Marxists who want to reduce America to a third-world wasteland.”
In a letter addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ogles wrote that since his initial letter from June, “additional public reporting has raised further questions about Mr. Mamdani’s past statements and associations, including his refusal to disavow violent anti-American rhetoric and continued public praise for individuals convicted of providing material support to Hamas.”
“No individual, regardless of public office or public profile, should be shielded from accountability if credible evidence indicates deception or concealment during the citizenship process,” Ogles added. “I again urge the Department to open a formal investigation into whether Mr. Mamdani’s public expressions of support for the Holy Land Foundation’s convicted leadership, and his ongoing rhetoric sympathetic to anti-Israel and anti-U.S. movements, were disclosed as required during his naturalization.”
“The United States must uphold the integrity of its citizenship process and ensure that those who seek to represent the public meet the highest standards of loyalty to this Nation,” he urged.
Mamdani was naturalized in 2018.
In his previous letter to Bondi, Ogles wrote that because the naturalization process depends on “good-faith disclosure” of any affiliation with entities threatening the United States, possible concealment of associations “may constitute a material misrepresentation sufficient to support denaturalization under federal law.”
