Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship. Is it possible?

"After Zohran Mamdani handily won the New York City mayoral election, becoming the city's first Muslim and first South Asian mayor-elect, Republican detractors in Washington said they would try to stop him from taking office. President Donald Trump, who threatened to withhold federal funds to New York City if Mamdani won, lent credence to misleading questions about Mamdani's citizenship and falsely accused the Ugandan-born 34-year-old of being a communist."

"Some Republican lawmakers requested investigations into Mamdani's naturalisation process and have called for stripping him of the United States citizenship and deporting him, accusing him without evidence of embracing communist and terrorist activities. If Mamdani lied on his naturalisation documents, he doesn't get to be a citizen, and he certainly doesn't get to run for mayor of New York City."

"Randy Fine, the Republican representative from Florida, misrepresented Mamdani's time in the US when he said on October 27 on Newsmax, The barbarians are no longer at the gate, they're inside. And Mamdani, having just moved here eight years ago, is a great example of that, becoming a citizen. Look, it is clear with much of what I have read that he did not meet the definition to gain citizenship. PolitiFact found no credible evidence that Mamdani lied on his citizenship application."

Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election, becoming the city's first Muslim and first South Asian mayor-elect. Republican figures in Washington sought to block him from taking office by alleging false statements in his naturalisation and urging investigations. President Trump threatened to withhold federal funds and echoed misleading questions about Mamdani's citizenship while falsely calling him a communist. Several Republican lawmakers requested probes, urged stripping his U.S. citizenship, and sought deportation, citing alleged communist or terrorist alignments. The U.S. naturalisation system requires disclosure of such alignments. PolitiFact found no credible evidence that Mamdani lied on his citizenship application.

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