Progressive Caucus demands censure of Queens Council Member Vickie Paladino over her anti-Muslim social media posts

Members of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus are calling for an ethics investigation and censure of Republican Council Member Vickie Paladino following a “disgusting, Islamophobic rant” on social media in which she called for the expulsion of Muslims from Western nations.

In response to the horrific antisemitic terror attack in Sydney, Australia, Paladino wrote on Sunday that the world is experiencing a “global jihad” and argued that governments should begin expelling Muslims or imposing “severe sanctions” on them within Western countries.