Zohran Mamdani visiting Uganda during NYC mayoral campaign
In his video, Mamdani joked that he had decided to heed the consistent advice of some of his critics online who have told him to return to Africa, showing a screen full of posts that called for him to leave the US. 'I hear you and I agree: I'm going back to Uganda,' he said. 'I'm headed there in a personal capacity to celebrate Rama and Is' marriage with our family and friends. But I do want to apologize to the haters because I will be coming back,' Mamdani added. Mamdani announced his marriage to Rama Duwaji, an animator and illustrator, earlier this year. He was born in Kampala, Uganda, to Indian parents and moved to New York when he was 7, becoming naturalized as an American citizen in 2018. Mamdani defeated Cuomo in the city's Democratic primary election, but Cuomo later relaunched his campaign to run as an independent candidate. Adams is a Democrat but skipped this primary to instead run as an independent because of the political fallout over his now-dismissed federal corruption case. Jim Walden, a former prosecutor, is also running as an independent. Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the anti-crime Guardian Angels patrol group, is running on the Republican line.
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