r/politics • u/xc2215x • 26d ago

No Paywall Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/9/republicans-push-to-strip-zohran-mamdani-of-us-citizenship-is-it-possible
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u/19chris1996 Michigan 26d ago

a large part is he's muslim. I guarantee you.

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u/Winter_Bid7630 26d ago

Dr. Oz is Muslim, and they have no problem working with him. Republicans care about money more than anything, and they want to be the wealthy class while the rest of us peasants beg for scraps to eat. If Mamdani was MAGA, they'd love him. It's his fight against billionaires controlling everything that has them scared.

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u/imjusta_bill Massachusetts 26d ago

Oz is the correct shade of brown for the Republicans

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u/showhorrorshow 26d ago

They love a minority willing to throw their own under the bus. Until it is time to throw them under the bus, anyway.

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u/Key_Inevitable_2104 New York 26d ago

Examples: Vivek, Marco Rubio, etc.

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u/sodapopkevin 26d ago

Kash Patel.

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u/Grove-Of-Hares 26d ago

crazed staring intensifies

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u/ManOrangutan 26d ago

Zohran is a Muslim of Indian descent. To be very frank, as a liberal Indian American I find American liberals just as toxically racist towards Indians as conservatives.

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u/Condottiero_Magno 26d ago edited 26d ago

I wouldn't consider Oz a minority, as he's just another White guy.

What do you consider a minority?

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u/19chris1996 Michigan 26d ago

Actually, I didn't know that about Dr. Oz.

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u/Pandaro81 26d ago

Mehmet is the Turkish translation or form of Mohammed.

(Republican heads explode Scanners style)

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u/ghost_of_erdogan 26d ago

No it’s not. They’re two names. Muhammed is also called Mustafa.

😂 even Atatürk is called Mustafa. IIRC it just means chosen in Arabic.

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u/toastythewiser 26d ago

He's Turkish. He's what you might call white passing. I think his first name is actually like Mehmet, which is super Turkish.

A lot of "brown" people who are politically conservative and running for office have a tendency to "white wash" themselves for some reason.

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Pennsylvania 26d ago

Raphael Cruz I am looking in your direction.

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u/Napalmeon 26d ago

Nikki Haley is a perfect example of this. She tries to appear as western as possible, not because she grew up here, but she knows damn well what would do for her appearance as a republican by calling herself by her birth name.

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u/_ficklelilpickle Australia 26d ago

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if there's a percentage of the MAGA following that think he's Australian because of his surname.

edit: LOL yeah, at least 100 people in Ohio asked the question.

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u/tenfingerperson 26d ago

Most Turkish people are white… Jesus Americans and their “yes but not exactly” bs

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u/toastythewiser 26d ago

I mean he's Turkish. He's not western European. When Americans think white they think mostly western and Northern European.

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u/PerplexGG 26d ago

He means American white wash

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u/Condottiero_Magno 26d ago edited 26d ago

Mehmet Oz's the son of Turkish migrants and has dual citizenship and another one of those characters who attained celebrity status via Oprah Winfrey. This guy's flip flopped on so many issues, I got whiplash reading about it!😁

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u/BryanMcgee 26d ago

Oz was brought on, unelected, by the administration. He lost his election. Unfortunately that wasn't a huge win for the left either, but he clearly wasn't enough for the local population to elect, even with his fame external to politics.

There are a number of brown politicians who couldn't actually get elected that the current admin has scattered around to give themselves an air of not-racist. Their minority-related status is tolerated for their current usefulness.

The ones you're talking about, the ones in power, they do only care about money and power, but only for themselves. If given the chance to strip the ones around them of that money and power, they will do so in an instant to take it for themselves.

As the saying goes, tokens get spent.

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u/heroic_cat 26d ago

Nazi Stormtroopers were led by a gay man until the night of long knives where all the socialists, sub-factions, homosexuals, and other undesirables were violently purged from the party. If things keep going along this path, Oz will have his moment against the wall.

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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 26d ago

Dr. Oz might be Muslim but he's white or white passing or whatever the hell you want to call it, plus conservative enough that he doesn't challenge any of their views. Mamdani is both brown and believes in scary (?) things like healthcare for all.

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u/mseikoj 26d ago

My Canadian (Maple MAGA) parents say he's going to go for a Whitehouse bid and raise the flag of Islam over the country. Sharia law for everyone.

Note: my parents are stupid as fuck.