The New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) has called on the federal government to strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship and deport him.

On Tuesday evening, Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, declared victory over Andrew Cuomo, former governor of the state of New York, in the Democratic primary for the 2025 New York mayoral election.

The outcome, one of the first major Democratic primaries since Donald Trump returned to office, is being considered as a barometer for the party’s potential recalibration nationally, at a time when it remains ideologically divided about its future.

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    I am becoming increasingly sick of seeing the word ‘deport’ being used by Republicans who are suggesting revoking citizenship and a banishment. It’s exile.

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        I hate to break it to you, but Americans are exceedingly inculcated with the idea of exiling racial groups.

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            Matters little if that “very small group” has power and is getting away with it

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                I realize this is sarcasm but honestly: all of you/us are greater than all of them, if enough of us can actually unite on what we want and how to get it.

                Unfortunately it’s also why there’s been a huge effort on dividing people by race/gender/religion/etc that might otherwise have been united in socio-economic struggles.

                It also means that the people who need to give something to push for change are (deliberately) kept in situations where they have the least to do.

                • Less time to organise because of working multiple jobs with little to no free time.
                • Less money or resources to fight in courts.
                • Less knowledge due to underfunded education.
                • Less physical ability due to lack of healthcare or nutritional diet
                • Less access to childcare or ability to afford such
                • Etc

                Which is why supporting community/network is important.

                Having a politician that isn’t an evil fuck is good, but that politician isn’t going to watch your kids while you’re at a protest or in the hospital. They’re not going to help you get to work when your car breaks down, or help you fix it.

                They might stand beside you at a protest or union meeting, but one or a handful of politicians says less than community of hundreds or thousands.

                We need to rebuild communities and support networks. Yes we need the help of politicians - or at least less actively fighting against us - but we also need to rally with each other. The attacks on this guy reflect much of the same as those on our communities.

                If somebody is a “gay Muslim trans-woman Iranian refugee amputee” who is willing to stand by me in times of need, I’m willing to stand by them and they’re welcome at my BBQ.

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                  That was a nice outline ^^ (why does everyone think i’m being sarcastic?? i did not use /s or messy capitalization…)

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                    If you’re not sarcastic then I’m generally sorry to hear you’re stuck in that shitty situation.

                    You’re also welcome at my BBQ if you’re ever up here in Canada

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            It’s a large enough percentage to reach the White House, and unfortunately that’s all that seems to matter.

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              Ah, you’re making the mistake of thinking we have free and fair presidential elections. We do not. It’s fucked.

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      Deporting immigrants is one thing. But when a country starts deporting it’s own citizens, and stripping them or reducing their citizenship to justify their treatment, well… before you know it, the half-citizen deportees end up coming out of the concentration camps through the chimney.

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        Maybe deporting immigrants sucks. Maybe destabilizing geopolitical regions suck. Maybe we could have drawn the line way sooner, if it was abou what’s right and not about indulging bullies and slave traders.

        Police brutality we can eat dinner through, but not lying about chatel slavery and torture camps anymore.

        If I sound extreme, look up the state of food in U.S. prisons. If it doesn’t seem like I should care, you don’t know how many reprecussions legal, manditory, insurance redlining really had on the body and soul of the nation. It was mutilation, still visable today.