Mamdanis Netanyahu bluster is a smokescreen for his real goal: crushing Americans freedom

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has admitted what anyone with a basic grasp of the Constitution already knew: He does not have the independent legal authority to order the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York City.But rather than back down, Mamdani doubled down — and now, he’s turning on his own constituents.In a video released Tuesday, the mayor declared that Netanyahu is “not welcome in New York City,” insisted the prime minister belongs before the International Criminal Court, and brazenly called on the federal government to execute the ICC’s warrant.But Netanyahu is just a smokescreen.Mamdani’s real agenda is to remake American law entirely, superseding it with a “globalized law” that takes its place.He said as much Tuesday, when he chillingly stated that “anyone” charged by the ICC should “be arrested and tried for [their] crimes.”This means any American citizen or military member targeted by an ICC warrant —  New Yorkers, too.Yet the United States never joined the Rome Statute that created the ICC, and every administration since its ratification has rejected its authority over Americans.In 2000, President Bill Clinton refused to submit the treaty to the Senate, citing concerns that enemy countries would use the court to unfairly target US military personnel.President George W.Bush agreed, and high-level officials consistently highlighted the court’s inherent unfairness.Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described the ICC as a “grossly ineffective and corrupt” institution, while Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche recently called its actions “lawless and illegitimate.”For 25 years, US administrations on both sides of the political aisle shared the concern that corrupt nations would use the court to bypass the fairest justice system in the world and subject Americans to politically motivated prosecutions.As a result, the court holds no power or legal authority over our nation.After all, we have the US Co...