New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani responded to Rep. Andy Ogles’s (R-TN) call late last week for his deportation by casting it as merely part of the “smears and slander” that have surrounded his New York City mayoral campaign.
In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, Mamdani said it’s been “difficult” dealing with scrutiny from some Republicans into his Muslim immigrant background after he produced a shocking win in the Democratic mayoral primary over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo early last week.
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