Georgetown University College Republicans (GUCR) have come under fire for an Islamophobic social media post where they wrote that “Muslims have no place in American society.” The message was posted Sunday night to X and deleted shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday.
GUCR’s comment was published as a repost of a tweet by @libsoftiktok, a popular right-wing social media account, regarding a recent attack in New York City (NYC). Two men, inspired by ISIS, threw a homemade bomb at an anti-Muslim protest outside Gracie Mansion, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of NYC, resides. In the post, GUCR wrote: “Let’s Be Honest: Muslims have no place in American society. Their religion is incompatible with our Christian Nation.”
Islamophobic sentiment has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years, compounding in recent weeks with the United States’ invasion of Iran. A study by the U.S. Center for the Study of Organized Hate found that from Feb. 28, the first day of the war, to March 5, Islamphobic remarks on X alone doubled.