🍎 Salaam: Red Flags in the Big Apple
A Song for Hamas. A Campaign for City Hall. Lying should be consequential.
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Given the recent influx of blue-state refugees fleeing mandates and mismanagement, the inevitable election of Zohran Mamdani as New York’s next mayor is poised to trigger yet another diaspora to red states. Speaking as a Floridian, we’ve already borne the brunt of population surge. Few (other than developers) can point to anything positive coming from the massive migration descending upon our state. As if hurricanes weren’t enough, a Mamdani victory may very well be the next political tsunami.
Mamdani represents a familiar strain of empty rhetoric perfected by third-world politicians—grand promises cloaked in moral virtue but steeped in radical ideology. One would hope that the citizens of the Big Apple, long seasoned in political theatrics, would see through such tactics. Yet disillusionment has clearly taken hold, and Mamdani has struck a nerve powerful enough to carry him to the gates of City Hall.
What makes his candidacy particularly troubling is not just his self-professed socialism, but allegations that he willfully concealed his support for terrorism. As a man seeking to lead America’s largest city, should this be of grave concern? It is.
On June 26, Congressman Andy Ogles of Tennessee sent a formal referral to the Department of Justice requesting an investigation into whether Mamdani misrepresented material facts in his naturalization process. The letter, addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi, lays out clear evidence from public sources, citing Mamdani’s own words as potential indicators of far more than youthful rebellion or artistic expression.
At the heart of the controversy is a 2017 rap song titled Salaam, in which Mamdani praises five leaders of the Holy Land Foundation—individuals convicted in 2008 for funneling over $12 million to Hamas. The timing is significant: his declaration came just one year before taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. Applicants for U.S. citizenship must disclose any affiliations or expressions of support for organizations hostile to American interests. Failure to do so, if proven, constitutes a direct violation of federal law.
Glorifying convicted Hamas financiers cannot be dismissed as harmless art. It raises legitimate concerns about whether Mamdani withheld critical information from federal authorities. Congressman Ogles further notes Mamdani’s refusal to disavow the phrase “globalize the intifada,” a slogan that calls for spreading violent anti-Israel uprisings worldwide—including within the United States. Taken together, these actions suggest a worldview fundamentally at odds with the oath of citizenship.
Federal courts have consistently held that naturalization obtained through fraud or deliberate omission can be revoked, even decades later. The Department of Justice possesses full authority to investigate and prosecute such cases. In fact, on June 30, the Trump administration’s DOJ issued a directive to pursue denaturalization wherever credible evidence of fraud exists—an effort to restore integrity to the process of becoming an American.
Ogles’ referral is no small matter. It confronts us with an uncomfortable question: if a candidate can glorify Hamas financiers, refuse to reject terrorist rhetoric, and still be hailed as an “upstanding citizen,” what does that say about the moral clarity of our political system? The question is not whether Mamdani’s lyrics qualify as art but whether they reveal loyalties that render him ineligible for citizenship in the first place.
If evidence confirms that Zohran Mamdani lied to obtain his place among us, revocation of citizenship would be justice, accountability, and consequential. And for Florida, already strained under the weight of policy-driven migration, it would offer a small measure of relief. This is not merely a New York story. It’s an American one.
As a naturalized citizen myself, I took an oath. I urge everyone to demand answers, calling your representatives. The law is clear: citizenship is reserved for those who tell the truth about their allegiances. If that standard falls, then so does the very foundation of our Republic.
“Every time I thought I’d reached the bottom of New York politics, someone knocked from underneath.”
— Ed Koch, former NYC mayor
Heavenly Father,
We lift our nation before You, asking for truth to prevail where deception has taken root. Expose what is hidden, and bring accountability to those who would misuse power for personal or political gain. Strengthen those who seek righteousness and integrity in public office. Protect this land from corruption and confusion, and restore to us leaders guided by courage, discernment, and faith. May justice roll down like waters, and may Your light cleanse and heal our nation.
In Jesus’ holy name, Amen.
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