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The New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) has called on the federal government to strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship and deport him.

On Tuesday evening, Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, declared victory over Andrew Cuomo, former governor of the state of New York, in the Democratic primary for the 2025 New York mayoral election.

The outcome, one of the first major Democratic primaries since Donald Trump returned to office, is being considered as a barometer for the party's potential recalibration nationally, at a time when it remains ideologically divided about its future.

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[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 244 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (5 children)

I am becoming increasingly sick of seeing the word 'deport' being used by Republicans who are suggesting revoking citizenship and a banishment. It's exile.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 103 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

"We are all domestic terrorists"

They already told us who they are, and nothing they've done would indicate otherwise.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 67 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

it's also like the most Un-American thing you could possibly imagine

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 44 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Rounding people up because of their ethnicity is actually very American. It happened in the 1800s, the 1940s, and the 1950s. Just to name a few.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not saying it never happened before, I'm saying it's against our laws and morals.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 12 points 15 hours ago

It might be against my, and your, morals but each of the things I pointed out were carried out by Americans within the bounds of the law. Unfortunately whether or not this fits in with the morals and laws of the US as a whole is very much up for debate.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I’m not saying it never happened before, I’m saying it’s against our laws and morals.

It's only against our laws and morals if we actually don't do it, and don't allow it to be done again.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago
[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 26 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I hate to break it to you, but Americans are exceedingly inculcated with the idea of exiling racial groups.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

that's what people from the outside seem to think it's a very small percentage that are like that

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Also just not accurate. People vote party over their best interests often due to ignorance and lies

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 6 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I don't know any R voter who has a single bad thing to say about what's going on right now. I haven't seen one online either. (except those saying it's not going far or fast enough) I peek at /r/conservative every so often and it's nothing but cheerleading.

And nothing happening right now is a surprise to anyone who wasn't trying not to see it.

They are cool with it, or it's not a dealbreaker, at best.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger?

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I know plenty of folks... and social media and youtube has a LOT of outspoken Republicans that don't like Trump. I mean, this is not a small number either. I even met some at the NOKINGS protest.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

He's not doing anything surprising. He telegraphed exactly what he would do for years. We had 4 years of him trying and failing to do it, then 4 years of him saying he would do exactly what he is doing if they elected him again. And they voted him in anyway.

Their crocodile tears mean nothing, and I'll not willingly associate with any conservative nor Republican until old age takes me in two or three decades, at which time the country will still be recovering from what they've done. And it especially doesn't count if they are whining because their business or their family has been hurt by Trump policies. Republicans caring when they get impacted is nothing new.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I've seen several regretful Trump voters in news articles.

But yeah, haven't met any IRL either. Including my own parents.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of them took their flags down and sit quiet.

Afraid to admit they were wrong.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 13 hours ago

Including my own parents.

🫂

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve seen several regretful Trump voters in news articles.

What gets me is those articles are always like "MAGA civil war over this decision from Trump!" And of course that's what you want to hear, and you think 'finally!' and then it's screenshots of like 3 disgruntled magas on X, one of whom thinks he hasn't gone far enough.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago

That may be YOUR experience.. not really mine.

[–] khornechips@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It’s a large enough percentage to reach the White House, and unfortunately that’s all that seems to matter.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago

Ah, you’re making the mistake of thinking we have free and fair presidential elections. We do not. It’s fucked.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 10 points 18 hours ago

Matters little if that "very small group" has power and is getting away with it

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Deporting immigrants is one thing. But when a country starts deporting it's own citizens, and stripping them or reducing their citizenship to justify their treatment, well... before you know it, the half-citizen deportees end up coming out of the concentration camps through the chimney.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 17 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

"We'Re NoT fAsCiStS tHeRe ArE nO gAs ChAmBeRs! (yet)"

The only metric for them to be fascist is if there is mass murder of civilians. Unless you're Israel of course. :/

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

tHeRe ArE nO gAs ChAmBeRs! (yet)

Oh but there are.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world -1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 8 points 19 hours ago

Yeah lol the alternating caps is making fun of them for saying something absurd

[–] Sidhean@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

SpOnGe cAsE is typically used to denote sarcasm

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca -5 points 16 hours ago

Deport is not wrong