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Republican Congressman Randy Fine harshly attacked New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday, after Mamdani posted a statement on social media marking the second memorial of the October 7 massacre. Fine called him “nothing more than a Muslim terrorist” and claimed his citizenship should be revoked and he should be deported.
The congressman posted on his X account:
“This is nauseating. Mamdani is nothing more than a Muslim terrorist. It’s a disgrace that he was ever granted citizenship. It should be stripped, and he should be deported to the Ugandan shithole he came from.”
This is nauseating. Mamdani is little more than a Muslim terrorist. It’s a disgrace he was ever granted citizenship. It should be stripped and he should be deported to the Ugandan shithole he came from. https://t.co/0iRR5QPGSP
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) October 7, 2025
In his statement, Mamdani did begin by saying that “Hamas committed a horrific war crime,” but he then went on to claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a ‘murderous war.’ He added that the U.S. government was complicit in all of it.
Online reactions to Mamdani’s post quickly followed.
One user wrote:“Wow, I can’t believe he had the nerve to use this anniversary to blame the victim.
Another shared a picture of the candidate’s electoral district and commented:“I used to live in New York. What the hell is this?”
Mamdani was born in Uganda and moved with his family to New York at the age of seven. He received U.S. citizenship in 2018. Another X user wrote that his legal status in the U.S. was only formalized a few years ago, stating:
“He committed a federal offense by holding a green card for more than 7 years before applying. How did Zohran become a U.S. citizen in 2018, Congressman?”
In his X profile biography, Mamdani describes himself as a “Democratic Socialist”, and states that he is “running to freeze rent, make buses faster and free, and provide universal early childhood education.”
