New York Young Republican Club pushing Congress to disqualify Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor

New York Post

21-07-2025

The New York Young Republican Club is pushing to get socialist Zohran Mamdani disqualified from the mayoral election — accusing the Democratic candidate of providing 'aid and comfort' to enemies of the US, The Post has learned.
The 15-page NYYRC memo already has two potential supporters in Washington DC, New York Rep. Claudia Tenney and Indiana Rep. Marlin Stutzman, both Republicans, who would have to put the motion up for a vote.
'There is no question that Mamdani thus is affirmatively aiding and comforting known terrorists and enemies in the United States, requiring his disqualification under the Disqualification Clause,' the memo reads.
7 Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, endorsed by Local 802 American Federation of Musicians.
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7 The New York Young Republican Club is pushing to get socialist Zohran Mamdani disqualified from the mayoral election.
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That rarely-used 14th Amendment provision was originally written to prevent Confederates from re-entering public office after the Civil War. It allows Congress to remove anyone who 'engaged in insurrection or rebellion' or has 'given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.'
The NYYRC alleges that Mamdani's has provided 'aid and comfort' to enemies of the US by supporting 'pro-Hamas' groups like the anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime.
7 That rarely-used 14th Amendment provision was originally written to prevent confederates from re-entering public office after the Civil War.
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7 The NYYRC alleges that Mamdani has provided 'aid and comfort' to enemies of the US by supporting 'pro-Hamas' groups like the anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime.
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It also claims that the Queens state Assemblyman is supporting gangs like MS-13 through his calls for non-cooperation with ICE and through his support of 'enemy ideologies,' like Marxism and Communism.
The memo argues there is grounds to use the clause against the lefty mayoral frontrunner — and to pull him from the November general election ballot — due to his alleged support for those organizations and policies.
Memo author and recording secretary for the club, Phil J. Leggio, said that it was drafted after Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles' controversial calls for the US Attorney General's Office to denaturalize and deport Mamdani as another attempt to neuter his surging candidacy.
7 The memo argues there is grounds to use the clause against the lefty mayoral frontrunner.
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He pointed to the oath Mamdani took when he was sworn in as a state lawmaker, calling it 'a binding permission and obligation to uphold the principles and laws therein.'
'Affirmatively taking steps to defend and protect America's enemies and known terrorist organizations within the state is an unequivocal break of that oath,' Leggio said.
He also noted that he would like to see similar efforts against other leaders of sanctuary cities who defy President Trump's anti-immigration policies.
7 He pointed to the oath Mamdani took when he was sworn in as a state lawmaker, calling it 'a binding permission and obligation to uphold the principles and laws therein.'
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'It's time that such elected officials be held accountable for their actions,' Leggio said.
The longshot push would require a two-thirds vote in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate to pass. If passed, the conviction could still be challenged up to the Supreme Court.
'Our office is closely reviewing the legal memo produced by NYYRC demanding the disqualification of Mamdani as Mayor,' Tenney, who represents New York's 22nd Congressional District upstate, said in a statement.
Mamdani 'is a threat to the safety and financial wellbeing of every New Yorker,' she charged.
7 Mamdani 'is a threat to the safety and financial wellbeing of every New Yorker,' she charged.
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'His calls to stand in the way of federal law enforcement, and to install a socialist economic system in New York City, fly in the face of the oath he took when becoming a New York State Assemblyman,' Stutzman added.
'By violating that oath, he has disqualified himself from running under the 14th Amendment. Zohran must be removed from the ballot immediately.'
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Trump added cartels and gangs like MS-13 to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list earlier this year.
The president has also slammed Mamdani as '100% Communist' in social media posts.
Mamdani has repeatedly denied being a 'communist' and self-identifies as a socialist publicly.
Mamdani's campaign did not respond to a request for comment Monday.