Fox’s Peter Doocy Asks White House If Trump Plans to Deport Zohran Mamdani
Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday if President Donald Trump wants to deport Zohran Mamdani, citing an allegation from a Republican Congressman that the New York mayoral candidate provided “material support to terrorism.”
“Thank you, Karoline. Does President Trump want Zohran Mamdani deported?” began Doocy.
“I haven’t heard him say that, I haven’t heard him call for that, but certainly he does not want this individual to be elected, I was just speaking to him about it and his radical policies that will completely crush New York City, which is obviously a city that the president holds near and dear to his heart,” Leavitt replied.
“There’s this congressman, Andy Ogles, he wants the Attorney General Bondi to explore denaturalization proceedings because he thinks Mamdani could have misrepresented or concealed material support for terrorism based on rap lyrics he wrote in 2017. Does President Trump think this is a worthwhile use of the Attorney General’s time?” Doocy followed up.
“Well, I’ll let the president speak to that. I have not seen those claims, but surely if they are true, it’s something that should be investigated,” Leavitt replied. Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, is a Muslim and has been on the receiving end of an avalanche of attacks from the right on both his background and his social policy positions.
“Could President Trump see himself—you said you just talked to him about this—could he see himself working with a Mayor Mamdani, somebody who on Meet the Press this weekend was given three chances to condemn the phrase, ‘Globalize the Intifada,’ but he couldn’t?” pressed Doocy.
“Yeah, look, the president is always willing to work with everyone. He’s working with Democrats across the country, Democrat governors. And he said he’ll work with people on the far left. He works with Republicans. He works with people in the middle. He wants to do what’s right for America. But surely someone who holds these values and is quite literally a communist and condemns every value that makes this country great. Common sense, law and order, low taxes, working hard and earning your keep in this country. He’s against all of that. And I think the president would find it difficult to work with someone like that. If he is elected, I’m sure you’ll hear more from the president on that. But we’ll have to see, hopefully, the voters of New York City choose wisely,” Leavitt warned.
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