A Texas man was charged on Thursday with making terroristic threats against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. The accused allegedly used many of the same anti-Mamdani talking points as used by President Donald Trump and conservative outlets like Fox News.

Jeremy Fistel was hit with a 22-count indictment, which laid out charges of making a terroristic threat and aggravated harassment. Fistel, who pleaded not guilty, has been accused of leaving incendiary messages about Mamdani, starting in June.

Prosecutors said that in voicemails and emails sent to a Mamdani campaign office, Fistel allegedly told Mamdani he should go back to Uganda—where Mamdani was born—before he was shot. The messages also allegedly told Mamdani that “Muslims don’t belong here.” Another

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