A Texas man was charged with making terroristic threats against Zohran Mamdani, a New York State Assembly member and the frontrunner in the race for New York City mayor.
Jeremy Fistel, 44, allegedly threatened Mamdani in voicemail and written messages in June and July, according to officials.
“As alleged, the defendant threatened an elected official by leaving a series of increasingly alarming anti-Muslim messages with the office of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. The defendant told the assemblyman to go back to Uganda before someone shoots him in the head, to keep an eye on his house and family, to watch his back every second until he leaves America, and that he and his relatives deserve to die,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said. “Let me be very clear – we take threats of violence against any office holder extremely seriously – and there is no room for hate or bigotry in our political discourse.”
Those threats prompted an increase in Mamdani’s security, officials said…