Mom Dhani is a communist who supports Democratic Socialists of America candidates and is an Islamist.
Posted by The Charlie Kirk Show, Checked
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- 2 contradict1 support1 context
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The Charlie Kirk ShowJul 30, 2026
The 'communist' label is contradicted by authoritative fact-checkers, who say Trump falsely called Mamdani a communist. Mamdani's support for DSA-backed candidates is supported, but no source addresses whether he is an 'Islamist,' so that element is unverifiable.
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… And I would say no, and I think that these are the conversations on our side that are ongoing. And then the last thing I'll say is, and I'm happy to tease any of this out any further, but Mom Dhani is like the perfect fusion. He's literally a communist, supports all these DSA candidates, and he's an Islamist. And so you can see it coming to fruition. You're seeing it in recent elections, where DSA candidates are starting to dominate the Democrat primaries. They are. …
The Charlie Kirk Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. PolitiFact reports that Trump has falsely called Mayor Zohran Mamdani a communist, and that Mamdani describes himself as a democratic socialist.[3]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org rates the claim that there are 'Communists' running for Congress as unsupported, noting the DSA members in Congress are democratic socialists rather than communists.[1]
Supports. Mamdani endorsed DSA-backed congressional candidates Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, and campaigned for three DSA-backed candidates in June 2026.[3][4]
Context. Reuters reports that Trump has characterized Mamdani and other DSA-backed candidates as 'communist' to link them to U.S. adversaries, but does not establish that the label is accurate.[2]
Context. No source addresses whether Mamdani is an Islamist, so that part of the claim cannot be graded from the provided sources.
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated
- 1FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speechfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Who are the Democratic Socialists of America? | Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3PolitiFact | What Trump’s communism claims miss about ...api.politifact.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4Democratic socialists aren't the only young, progressive Democrats dividing the partybransontrilakesnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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