**MAMDANI’S CLOSING MESSAGE: WHINING ABOUT ‘ISLAMOPHOBIA’**
“We are turning into one of the worst countries on earth,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) once declared, arguing that the supposed militarization of American city streets is worse than the dictatorship she “grew up” in: Somalia.
Then there’s Mehdi Hasan, the British-born, Oxford-educated former Al Jazeera and MSNBC propagandist who, in 2009, famously described non-Muslims as “cattle” who were “incapable of the intellectual effort it requires to shake off those blind prejudices.” Hasan became a United States citizen in 2020 and recently announced, “I’m more American than you, so cry more,” in response to a critical social media post quoting his description of America’s “glorious… multiracial, multicultural democratic experiment” and his experience as “an immigrant,” “a Muslim,” and “a socialist.”
The same Mehdi Hasan has a history of anti-American statements, including the recent claim that slavery—and even Muslim slaves—built the country.
So, what is going on here?
First, it’s important to note that these individuals are examples of a broader anti-American sentiment among some in the growing immigrant population who are now United States citizens. It’s also important to understand that the idea of being “more” or “less” American purely based on place of birth is fundamentally anti-American.
Indeed, one could argue that those who choose to become American may demonstrate a greater love for the country than someone who, by luck of birth, has never known anything else.
But crucially, that can only be true if those born elsewhere move to the United States for the right reasons.
The Mamdanis, the Omars, the Hasans, and many others did not move here for the right reasons. Sure, they came to America because of what it offered them—fame, fortune, opportunity, safety, and power. But these were mere one-directional benefits embraced by those who, as part of a substantial ideological movement, seek to upend and destroy the very same country they (at least occasionally) pretend to love.
**MAMDANI POSES IN CAMPAIGN PHOTO WITH ’93 WTC BOMBING UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR**
Take Zohran Mamdani, Mahmoud Mamdani’s son, who may soon be the mayor of New York City.
Ignoring concerns about communism, Islamism, and terrorism, consider this: in June 2020, Mamdani posted a picture of himself flipping the bird at a statue of Christopher Columbus, captioned “take it down.”
Just two years after becoming a citizen of the United States, Mamdani was flipping off the man credited with discovering the country he has voluntarily embraced.
If a foreign country disgusts you so much, why move here? Why stay here? Why seek power to change what, in your own words, is irredeemable?
You are no less American if you are born elsewhere, but you are certainly less American if you see citizenship as a one-way street on your path to making this beautiful country into the very country you decided to flee.
I love America because it is not like Somalia, or Uganda, or Great Britain. And I want to keep it that way.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3866139/choose-to-live-in-america-love-america/
