{"id":2629459,"date":"2026-07-14T08:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-just-said-it-out-loud-strike-down-constitutional-ban-on-foreign-presidents-get-mamdani-in-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:16:08","slug":"dsa-just-said-it-out-loud-strike-down-constitutional-ban-on-foreign-presidents-get-mamdani-in-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-just-said-it-out-loud-strike-down-constitutional-ban-on-foreign-presidents-get-mamdani-in-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA Just Said It Out Loud &#8211; Strike Down Constitutional Ban on Foreign Presidents, Get Mamdani in the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdsa-just-said-it-out-loud-strike-down-constitutional-ban-on-foreign-presidents-get-mamdani-in-the-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2629459&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A political discussion highlights a proposal by a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >democratic socialist podcast host suggesting<\/a> that the U.S. should amend its Constitution to allow naturalized citizens, such as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Melat kiros, to run for president. Mamdani, originally from Uganda and naturalized in 2018, faces constitutional restrictions, as the presidency requires a natural-born citizen and minimum age qualifications. The founder&#8217;s intent was to prevent foreign influence and ensure loyalty to the U.S., a safeguard Mamdani&#8217;s proposals and recent remarks question.Mamdani criticized America\u2019s history and inequality, framing the nation as an exclusive arena of priviledge. Kiros, from Ethiopia, similarly cannot qualify due to age requirements, and her political stance and recent actions, like anti-Israel statements, are also discussed. The article emphasizes the constitutional barriers designed to prevent foreign-born individuals from becoming president, arguing that current policies protect national interests and stability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A democratic socialist podcast host called for his party to make amending the Constitution a top priority so that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani can make a bid for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDSA should push for a constitutional amendment so naturalized citizens can run for President. Then we do what\u2019s so clearly in front of us: Zohran Mamdani \/ Melat Kiros ticket,\u201d Deep Singh Badhesha posted on social media on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DSA should push for a constitutional amendment so naturalized citizens can run for President.<\/p>\n<p>Then we do what\u2019s so clearly in front of us:<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani \/ Melat Kiros ticket<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deep Singh Badhesha (@DeepNotShallow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeepNotShallow\/status\/2076101739661722102?\">July 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kind-person-democratic-socialists-america-attract-viral-photos-show-exactly-type\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kiros<\/a> is the DSA candidate who defeated 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette for Colorado\u2019s 1st congressional district last month.<\/p>\n<p>Her victory came amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warning-charlie-kirk-gave-back-2020-coming-true-now-within-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sweep of Mamdani-endorsed candidates<\/a> in New York the previous week, who ousted two incumbent Democrats, including Rep. Dan Goldman, and won a third primary in which the incumbent did not seek re-election.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, for the cause of liberty in the United States, it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/about-state-legislatures\/amending-the-us-constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">difficult to pass<\/a> a constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n<p>It requires a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House. And then three-fourths of the state legislatures must approve it, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Article II, Section 1, Clause 5, listing qualifications for president, <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/article-2\/section-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a>, \u201cNo Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, 34, was born in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jon-stewart-makes-ludicrous-claim-mamdanis-candidacy-jackie-robinson-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uganda,<\/a> and Kiros, 29, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/african-born-socialist-puts-hakeem-jeffries-notice-immediately-winning-democratic-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethiopia<\/a>, so neither is qualified to be president. If the DSA were looking to make this happen by 2028, Kiros also would not meet the 35-year-old minimum age requirement for a vice president either. Mamdani just became a U.S. citizen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/how-zohran-mamdani-rose-from-queens-lawmaker-to-mayor-of-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The reason the founders put the native-born requirement in the Constitution is \u201cto ensure that the President\u2019s loyalties would lie strictly with the United States,\u201d according to the annotated Constitution on <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/artII-S1-C5-1\/ALDE_00013692\/%5B'natural',%20'born'%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy barring naturalized citizens from the presidency, the requirement of being a natural born citizen, as Justice [Joseph] Story explained, protects the United States from \u2018ambitious foreigners, who might otherwise be intriguing for the office; and interposes a barrier against those corrupt interferences of foreign governments in executive elections, which have inflicted the most serious evils upon the elected monarchies of Europe.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani\u2019s remarks going into the Fourth of July weekend \u2014 the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary \u2014 offer proof that it\u2019s a wise policy to keep his ilk from the highest office in the land.<\/p>\n<p>The New York mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mamdani-trashes-usa-eve-july-4th-land-inequality-racial-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, while seated at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/second-george-washington-sylvester-stallone-gives-phenomenal-introduction-trump-mar-lago-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Washington\u2019s<\/a> presidential desk with recently naturalized U.S. citizen immigrants surrounding him, \u201cYou each hold a special power, the power to determine what America means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe powerful have always known their answer,\u201d he continued. \u201cAmerica, in their view, is an arena of supremacy where only a select few are allowed freedom, where not all are created equal.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who just came to this country, chose to become an American, is deciding he is the foremost authority to tell Americans what it means to be American.<\/p>\n<p>He has the AUDACITY, on America\u2019s 250th birthday, to call our great nation \u201can arena of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sayf6IDu90\">pic.twitter.com\/sayf6IDu90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/2073070537891344669?\">July 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. The rest of us, they insist, should be grateful for merely being allowed to visit,\u201d Mamdani added.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s making a white privilege argument. Really?<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani and his parents, of Indian descent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cly2rgzye9no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigrated<\/a> to the United States from Uganda in the late 1990s. They were given the opportunity, like countless millions of others, to live out the American dream. Mamdani went to elite schools and is now mayor of the largest city in the country.<\/p>\n<p>But he argued, \u201cWe see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with calloused, dirt-streaked hands. Those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone, and we see a nation that has allowed so much of that wealth to be held instead in the soft hands of a precious few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Mamdani went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warning-charlie-kirk-gave-back-2020-coming-true-now-within-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full Marxist<\/a> for the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>Kiros was meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-just-nyc-anti-christian-ag-socialist-barista-got-fired-lawyer-job-loves-hamas-win-co-dem-primaries-gov-rep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired from her job<\/a> as a lawyer over a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@melatakiros\/dear-us-law-firms-77ec63e838af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online screed<\/a> in the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s wise to keep any DSA candidates from ever occupying the White House. 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