‘We Will Not Accept Intimidation’: Zohran Mamdani Calls Out Donald Trump For ‘Deportation’ Threat
New York’s Indian origin mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has responded to President Donald Trump’s deportation threat and said he won’t be “intimidated” by the same. Trump earlier threatened to have Mamdani arrested if he “stops Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from doing its work in America’s most populous city”.
Trump had been under fire for his anti-immigrant actions after he deployed Marines and forces in Los Angeles (LA), leading to widespread protests.
He recently said Mamdani is in the country “illegally” and he would get him deported. Trump had been targeting Mamdani since the latter entered the New York mayoral race. The President also raised doubts over the legality of Mamdani’s citizenship, who came to the US in 1998 when he was seven years old.
Mamdani officially became the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City on Tuesday and will face the general election in November. Following his official confirmation as the Democratic candidate, Trump denounced Mamdani, calling him a “lunatic and a communist” and seeking his arrest.
“The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorise our city,” Mamdani said.
“His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadow: if you speak up, they will come for you,” he said in his X post.
On Trump praising New York’s current Mayor, Eric Adams, Mamdani said it is “in his authoritarian threats”. He added that Adams is running as an independent– and this fact is unsurprising, “but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall.”
“At the very moment when MAGA (make America great again) Republicans are attempting to destroy the social safety net, kick millions of New Yorkers off of healthcare and enrich their billionaire donors at the expense of working families, it is a scandal that Eric Adams echoes this President’s division, distraction and hate. Voters will resoundingly reject it in November,” he said.
Polling, as reported by media reports, showed Mamdani ahead of current Mayor Adams and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa for the November vote. Mamdani and others have accused Adams of allowing the Trump administration to conduct immigration raids in exchange for burying federal corruption charges against him, a report added.
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