
New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Kwame Mamdani turned racially motivated insults into a moment of levity, announcing a personal trip to Uganda in a video trolling far-right critics.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, shared a video on Sunday revealing he's headed to Uganda to celebrate his recent marriage to his wife, Rama. As a Muslim immigrant, Mamdani's identity has been the subject of frequent xenophobic messages — a topic he leaned into.