唐纳德·特朗普总统威胁纽约州议员佐兰·马姆达尼说，如果假定的民主党候选人因为纽约市长藐视移民和海关执法行动。
总统还继续声称这位33岁的民主社会主义者是一名“共产主义者”,同时在周二的新的所谓“鳄鱼阿卡特兹”佛罗里达大沼泽地的移民拘留中心。
当一名记者问他对马姆达尼的信息是什么时——在他在纽约市民主党市长初选后的胜利演讲中表示，他将“阻止蒙面ICE特工驱逐我们的邻居”——特朗普回答说，“那么，我们必须逮捕他。”
“看，我们这个国家不需要共产主义者，但如果我们有一个，我将代表国家非常小心地照看他，”特朗普继续说。
特朗普还提到了马姆达尼非法入境的虚假说法。
“很多人说他在这里是非法的，”特朗普说。“我们将审视一切。理想情况下，他会比一个共产主义者差得多。但现在他是共产主义者。那不是社会主义者。”
马姆达尼出生于乌干达，自7岁起生活在美国，2018年成为入籍公民。
周二早些时候离开白宫时，特朗普在初选结束后继续攻击马姆达尼，称他是“彻底的疯子”和“坏消息”，并重申了他的错误说法，即这位政治家是共产主义者。
“我想我会和他一起玩得很开心，看着他，因为他必须穿过这栋大楼才能拿到钱，”特朗普在威胁说，如果马姆达尼不“做正确的事情”，他将停止向纽约提供资金。
马姆达尼周二在一份声明中回应特朗普，称他的言论是“恐吓”。
“他的言论不仅仅是对我们民主的攻击，而是试图向每一个拒绝隐藏在阴影中的纽约人发出一个信息:如果你大声疾呼，他们就会来找你。我们不会接受这种恐吓，”马姆达尼说。
当被问及特朗普在社交媒体上称他为“共产主义疯子”的评论时上周接受ABC新闻采访，马姆达尼对这个绰号不屑一顾，说他会鼓励特朗普了解他的政策，并说他会在支付能力方面与特朗普合作，但会抵制总统的驱逐计划。
“下一任纽约市长将不得不与特朗普政府合作。你愿意这么做吗?你会那样做吗?”美国广播公司新闻资深政治记者雷切尔·斯科特问道。
“为了纽约人的利益，我将与特朗普政府合作，”马姆达尼说。“我的方法永远不会是反射性的，无论是同意还是反对，但如果它以我竞选服务的纽约人为代价，那么，不，我不会与政府合作伤害我期待代表的人民。”
马姆达尼还在一次演讲中回应了特朗普的攻击采访在周日NBC的“会见媒体”节目中。当被问及如何回应被称为共产主义者时，马姆达尼说，“我不是。”
“我已经不得不开始习惯这样一个事实:总统会谈论我的长相、声音、我来自哪里、我是谁。最终是因为他想分散我为之奋斗的注意力，”马姆达尼说。“我是在为他发起的赋予权利的运动中背叛的劳动人民而战。”
一周后的周二，纽约市选举委员会公布了排名选择投票的结果初步结果这只反映了选民的首选候选人，显示马姆达尼的得票率约为44%，科莫约为36%。
据统计，在民主党初选中，马姆达尼现在领先前州长安德鲁·科莫12个百分点，56%对44%更新的结果.
这些可能不是最终的差距，因为在选举委员会于7月15日认证选举之前，固化的选票就出现了，尽管后续的更新预计不会改变谁在上面。现任市长埃里克·亚当斯将以无党派人士的身份参加竞选，而科莫也将以无党派人士的身份参加“战斗和交付”的投票。一位接近竞选的消息人士向ABC新闻证实。四年前也曾与亚当斯竞选市长的柯蒂斯·斯利瓦将成为共和党候选人。
纽约市长选举定于11月4日举行。
Trump falsely questions Zohran Mamdani's citizenship, threatens to arrest him over ICE operations
President Donald Trump threatened New York state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani with arrest ifthe presumptive Democratic nomineefor New York City mayor defies Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
The president also continued to allege the 33-year-old Democratic socialist is a "communist" while talking to reporters Tuesday at thenew so-called "Alligator Alcatraz"migrant detention center in Florida's Everglades.
When asked by a reporter what his message is to Mamdani -- after he said in a victory speech following the New York City Democratic mayoral primary that he would "stop masked ICE agents from deporting our neighbors" -- Trump responded, "Well then, we'll have to arrest him."
"Look, we don't need a communist in this country, but if we have one, I'm going to be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation," Trump continued.
Trump also referenced false claims that Mamdani is in the country illegally.
"A lot of people are saying he's here illegally," Trump said. "We're going to look at everything. Ideally, he's going to turn out to be much less than a communist. But right now he's a communist. That's not a socialist."
Born in Uganda, Mamdani has lived in the United States since he was 7 years old and became a naturalized citizen in 2018.
As he departed the White House earlier Tuesday, Trump continued his attack on Mamdani in the wake of the primary, calling him a "total nut job" and "bad news" and reiterating his false claim the politician is a communist.
"I think I'm gonna have a lot of fun with him, watching him, because he has to come right through this building to get his money," Trump said after threatening to withhold funding from New York if Mamdani doesn't "do the right thing."
Mamdani responded to Trump in a statement on Tuesday, calling his remarks "intimidation."
"His statements don't just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation," Mamdani said.
When asked about comments from Trump on social media calling him a "Communist Lunatic" in aninterview with ABC News last week, Mamdani shrugged off the epithet, saying he'd encourage Trump to learn about his policies, and that he'd work with Trump on affordability but would resist the president's deportation plans.
"The next mayor of New York City will have to work with the Trump administration. Are you willing to do that? Will you do that?" ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott asked.
"I will work with the Trump administration when it is to the benefit of New Yorkers," Mamdani said. "My approach will never be reflexive, whether in agreement or opposition, but if it comes at the expense of the New Yorkers that I'm running to serve, then, no, I will not be working with the administration on harming the people that I look to represent."
Mamdani also responded to Trump's attacks during aninterviewon NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Asked how he responds to being called a communist, Mamdani said, "I am not."
"I have already had to start to get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, who I am. Ultimately because he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for," Mamdani said. "And I'm fighting for the very working people that he ran a campaign to empower that he has since then betrayed."
The New York City Board of Elections released the results of the ranked-choice voting tabulation on Tuesday, one week afterinitial resultsthat only reflected voters' first choice candidates showed Mamdani with around 44% of the vote and Cuomo with around 36%.
Mamdani now leads former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by 12 points, 56% to 44%, in the Democratic primary, according tothe updated results.
These may not be the final margins, as cured ballots come in before the Board of Elections certifies the election on July 15, though subsequent updates are not expected to change who is on top. Current Mayor Eric Adams will run as an independent, while Cuomo will also run as an independent on the "Fight and Deliver" ballot line,a source close to the campaign confirmed to ABC News. Curtis Sliwa, who also ran for mayor against Adams four years ago, will be the Republican candidate.
The New York City mayoral election is scheduled to occur on Nov. 4.
