Jun. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Vickie Paladino has stood by controversial comments calling for the deportation of Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani after several Queens elected officials rebuked the Republican Council Member for “xenophobic” comments.

Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and a candidate in the mayoral election, said Tuesday that Paladino’s comments were a reflection of “Donald Trump’s authoritarian administration” after Paladino questioned Mamdani’s pathway to US citizenship in a post on X on Monday night.

Quoting a post from October 2019, Paladino highlighted that Mamdani had stated he was unable to vote in the 2016 presidential election because he was not yet a U.S. citizen. Paladino argued that it is “insane” for someone who has not been a citizen for ten years

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