President Donald Trump threatened New York state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani with arrest if the presumptive Democratic nominee for New York City mayor defies Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
The president also continued to allege the 33-year-old Democratic socialist is a “communist” while talking to reporters Tuesday at the new so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center in Florida’s Everglades.
When asked by a reporter what his message is to Mamdani – after he said in a victory speech following the New York City Democratic mayoral primary that he would “stop masked ICE agents from deporting our neighbors” – Trump responded, “Well then, we’ll have to arrest him.”
“Look, we don’t need a communist in this country, but if we have one, I’m going to be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation,” Trump continued.
Trump also referenced false claims that Mamdani is in the country illegally.
“A lot of people are saying he’s here illegally,” Trump said. “We’re going to look at everything. Ideally, he’s going to turn out to be much less than a communist. But right now he’s a communist. That’s not a socialist.”
Zohran’s response:
Why are we letting this geriatric shit stain get away with all this shit? Why are we letting all these people gaslight the country? Why is this being allowed to happen? I feel like I’m going insane…
rich people are getting richer. only thing that matters in this country.
Doesn’t answer my question as to why we the people are allowing this to continue
we have systematically been made powerless.
organises, join mutual aids, look for political groups fighting for you and join their meetings. (I have one I joined, but I feel like taking this chance to propagandise is rude, will say it if you ask)
Follow the money. It’s almost a universal truth that there is no war but class war.
Be water my friend
Even water has a boiling point….
“I have already had to start to get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I’m from, who I am. Ultimately because he wants to distract from what I’m fighting for,” Mamdani said. “And I’m fighting for the very working people that he ran a campaign to empower that he has since then betrayed.”
I think I like this guy
That last sentence, "And I’m fighting for the very working people that he ran a campaign to empower that he has since then betrayed,” is very true.
The conservative people I work with DO NOT like what Trump is doing right now. Hope it hits fever pitch where they actually start doing something about it and send a very clear message. Trump won’t listen because he’s too much up a psychopathic narcissist but it may change the people around him to stop empowering him.
We’re going to look at everything. Ideally, he’s going to turn out to be much less than a communist. But right now he’s a communist. That’s not a socialist.
Ah yes, the cherished American standard of “guilty until proven innocent.”
“A lot of people are saying he’s here illegally,” Trump said.
Ding, ding, ding, the Trump Bullshit-O-Meter just rang! Buckle up cause the normal tropical storm of BS is gonna turn into a hurricane now.
‘I don’t know what communism means’ - The Fantascist.
The latest headlines from the U.S. that I’m reading here could all just as well come from an autocracy. At what point do we start accepting this reality?
could all just as well come from an autocracy.
Isn’t it?
It’s dictatorsip plain and simple. That the people of the country won’t or can’t recognise it is insanity.
Drumphkins is terrified of this dude. How long till he falls out a window or drinks some polonium tea a la his greatest bestest bigliest friend.
