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Candidate for Mayor of Democratic Socialism Zohran Mamdani On Sunday, he announced a campaign to run for the largest city in the United States, unquestionably announcing an expansion to Africa.
Mamdani, who beat Andrew Cuomo by more than 12 percent last month, received a democratic nomination for New York City mayor, released a video expected to criticize his trip to Uganda.
Mamdani said what he said “thousands of thousands” in a provocative but fun tone, telling him “back to Uganda, where you are from, belong” and “back to Africa”.
“Being a politician means listening, not just to supporters, but to critics,” Mandani said. “Some of these critics (especially on a certain website) have been giving me consistent advice.”
Mandani said: “I heard you, I agree. I’m going back to Uganda.”
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Zohran Mamdani participated in a recognition event at United DC 37, New York City on July 15, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The mayor hopes that he would say he traveled to Uganda “in his personal capacity” to celebrate his marriage with his family and friends and his wife Rama.
“I do want to apologize to the haters because I will be back,” he said. Mamdani added in the accompanying X post that he will be back “by the end of this month.”
Mamdani tried to assert control over the narrative, making some fictional headlines that condemn his overseas trip.
Mandani poked in a New York-based newspaper and said, “And, since you will undoubtedly read about this trip in the New York Post (Inshallah) (Arabic willing Arabic), on the homepage, here are some of my modest suggestions for headlines.”
He brought up tabloid headlines, including “Mia? Mandani of Africa”, “Uganda misses me” or “He is Kampala-Est Crazy”, a reference to Kampala, the largest city in Uganda.
Mamdani also made headlines: “He’s Africa-not serious!” and “Carl Kampalanile investigates Mamdani,” a satirical satire in the name of American investigative journalist Carl Bernstein, who discovered the Watergate scandal.
“Zo-running left?” Mamdani said in the video showing herself and another campaign supporter waving to the camera, the screen fading into the “mayor” with a campaign supporter waving on the screen.
Zohran Mamdani spoke at a recognition event in the New York City United DC 37 on July 15, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Mamdani has dual U.S. and Ugandan citizenship. Born in Uganda, he grew up in South Africa until he moved to New York City at the age of 7.
He owns four acres of undeveloped land in Jinja, Uganda, worth between $150,000 and $250,000, New York Post Previous reports said that Mamdani’s New York Legislative Ethics Application in 2024.
Still, re-surfaced social media videos show that Mamdani’s past has surfaced “Abolish private property” – Communist principle.
His mother is a famous Indian American filmmaker. She reportedly owned nearly $2 million in New York City loft about a decade before she recently sold the property. To the post.
His father was a professor at Columbia University and he was an advisory board of anti-Israel organizations. organize Support boycott of Israel’s sanctions The Israeli government is often accused of committing “genocide” and expressing sympathy for suicide bombers.
Mamdani’s candidacy has attracted attention from the Jewish community because he refuses to condemn the term “globalization uprising”, which is his position Go back since then While courting the local business owner. Meanwhile, the New York University campus, including Columbia University, faces anti-Semitism and anti-Israel protests and the rise in camps following the October 7, 2023 attack on Hamas terrorists in Israel.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani entered the elevator after meeting at the Dickson Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2025 (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Mamdani himself defended the BDS or boycott, divestment and sanctions, in May Town Hall The anti-Israel movement “is consistent with my political core, it is non-violent.”
Mandani’s critics also condemned how he ran for socialist ideals, including Government-run grocery stores Although he has a lot of growth, the rental was frozen.
After winning the Democratic mayoral primary, Mamdani became the leader, and he received support from Congressional progressives, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y. and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-vt.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Dn.Y.
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Losing the November election is extremely rare for candidates who won the Democratic mayoral primary, but Mandani still faces Cuomo, who officially announced his independent mayoral bid last week. Current Mayor Eric Adams is also an independent man, as is former federal prosecutor Jim Walden. Curtis Sliwa, the founder of “Guardian Angel”, is a Republican mayoral candidate.
Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller, Cameron Cawthorne and Deirdre contributed to the report.
