Overview

• Mamdani traveled to Uganda to celebrate his February wedding to Rama Duwaji with family and friends
• In a pun-filled social media video, he lampooned racist attacks urging him to “go back” to Africa with spoof headlines
• The trip marks a brief hiatus ahead of the November general election, where he faces independent campaigns from Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams
• His visit follows backlash from a New York Times report on his 2009 Columbia University application race self-identification
• His democratic socialist platform of rent freezes, free transit and wealth taxes continues to rally endorsements from progressive groups and leaders