President Trump on Tuesday threatened to arrest New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani if he refuses to cooperate with federal immigration authorities seeking to detain undocumented immigrants.
Trump’s comments come as he has repeatedly attacked Mamdani, labeling him a communist and suggesting he would pull federal funding from the city if Mamdani were to win the general election.
During a press briefing, Trump was asked about Mamdani’s vow — made during his primary victory speech — to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from conducting deportations in New York City.
“Well then, we’ll have to arrest him,” Trump said.
“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,” he added. “We send him money. We send him all the things that he needs to run a government.”
Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary last week, pledged to use his office to prevent what he described as “masked ICE agents” from deporting New Yorkers.
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Much of what Trump says would not be lawful under any standard. HOWEVER, it would make Mamdani into a “hero” for the Democrats, which is good for Trump since it is in his interest for Mamdani to become the “face” of the Democrats, at least in New York State. Trump’s worst nightmare is the Democrat’s “bosses” decide to unite behind Adams. While it might (perhaps) end up very badly for New York City residents (and frum Jews in particular), a Mamdani victory would be the best possible outcome for the Republicans statewide and nationally.
MAY. HKBH Destroy this Islam fascist Nazi Terrorist BKAROV.
If we’re lucky, we will read about his obituary this week. This is an evil dangerous cockroach who needs to be stamped out.