Republican Rep. Obsessed With Hating Muslims Unveils MAMDANI Act
Republican Rep. Chip Roy takes aim at free speech and freedom of religion, introducing an invoice this would target immigrants who support “socialism, communism, Chinese communism, Marxism, or Islamic fundamentalism.”
Roy calls his assault on the Constitution’s First Amendment the “MAMDANI Act,” after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who was elected last year on a program of democratic socialism. The legislation would make any “alien” who supports or has supported these ideologies “inadmissible, deportable, denaturalizable, and ineligible for naturalization.”
“By targeting the Red-Green Alliance, this legislation deploys new tools to combat the Marxist and Islamist advance that has devastated Europe and has now arrived on our doorstep, particularly in my home state of Texas,” Roy said. Breitbart.
His office reportedly provided the right-wing website with a one-page summary of the bill, which cites “the very presence of Zohran Mamdani and those like him who defend Marxist ideologies” as allowing “the mass importation of Marxists and Islamists.”
Roy, a candidate for Texas attorney general, has a long history of bigotry toward Muslims. Late last month, Roy released “No More Muslims.” ondrawing backlash Muslims throughout his state. He strongly opposed the East Plano Islamic Center housing development project in theDallas-Fort Worth Metroplexjoining others Texas Republicans who warn against a “Sharia law» conspiracy.
While Republicans have increasingly limited power majority In the House, the bill is likely only symbolic, but it nonetheless shows the level of bigotry and Islamophobia present within the Republican Party and in Texas, even though the state has an estimated number of people 400,000 Muslim residents. Roy will likely face no consequences for his prejudices as Republicans increasingly embrace bigoted conspiracies and oppose constitutional rights.
