A social media satire claimed New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani canceled an oath-taking ceremony requiring him to pledge to “support and uphold” the U.S. Constitution. 

Evidently, the event will take place. But it’s no laughing matter that he can’t possibly make such a promise truthfully.

In fact, both of Mamdani’s ideologies – Communism and sharia-supremacism – require the overthrow of our constitutional Republic. 

The prospect that there will be a growing number of candidates like Mamdani demands that individuals elected to jobs vital to the safety and security of Americans, like those appointed to such positions, be subject to background checks and obtain security clearances. 

The Founders wisely required that officeholders attest to their loyalty to the Constitution. Anyone who cannot or will not faithfully state and honor such a commitment must be precluded from pursuing their revolutionary agenda from inside our government.  

This is Frank Gaffney.