Overview

• During Monday’s briefing, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked if Trump wanted Mamdani deported and Leavitt clarified the president had not called for that action.
• Leavitt said she had not seen evidence of the 2017 rap lyrics but insisted that any credible claims should be formally investigated.
• GOP Rep. Andy Ogles has urged denaturalization proceedings against Mamdani over lyrics he allegedly wrote before becoming a U.S. citizen in 2018.
• Zohran Mamdani secured the Democratic nomination on June 24 and is preparing to face the Republican nominee in the November general election.
• Born in Uganda and naturalized in 2018 after growing up in New York City, Mamdani would become the city’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor if elected.