House Republicans are weighing bold constitutional measures to stop New York City mayoral-elect Zohran Mamdani from being sworn into office — invoking the rarely used “insurrection clause” of the 14th Amendment. The move, first reported by the New York Post, marks one of the most aggressive GOP pushes yet to challenge what they see as the radical left’s infiltration of American institutions.
Leading the charge is the New York Young Republican Club, whose members argue that Mamdani’s history of far-left activism and anti-American rhetoric could fall under the clause’s definition of providing “aid or comfort to the enemies” of the United States.
That clause, written after the Civil War, was originally meant to prevent Confederate sympathizers from returning to public office. But now, in the wake of rising far-left extremism, Republicans are eyeing it as a way to hold modern-day radicals accountable.
“There is a real and legitimate push to see the insurrectionist Zohran Mamdani either a) removed from the ballot or b) removed from office if he is to win on Tuesday,” said Stefano Forte, president of the New York Young Republican Club.
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