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Driving the news: On Wednesday, many Democratic lawmakers and officials either denounced Mamdani or notably declined to rally around him. Republicans — including President Trump — crowed about Democrats embracing a democratic socialist who has called for reduced police funding and sided with Palestinians in the Gaza war.

  • The top two Democratic leaders in Congress, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, both New Yorkers, declined to endorse Mamdani even as they applauded his victory.

  • New York Rep. Laura Gillen, from Nassau County, called Mamdani the “absolute wrong choice for New York.”

  • Rep. Tom Suozzi, also from Nassau County, said he had “serious concerns.”

Major Democratic donors — who poured tens of millions into a Super PAC for Cuomo — were having private discussions Wednesday about whether to back an independent run by Cuomo in November’s general election, or rally behind unpopular incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who’s also running as an independent.

  • Crikeste@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    But I was told the democrats were the morally superior choice! How could the morally superior choice reject helping families and the poor?!

    How could the morally superior choice capitulate to the framing brought forth by someone getting money from the person who is supposed to be your mortal enemy? That doesn’t seem morally superior to me!

  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    People will see stuff like this in real time and get mad at people who vote third party. Mamdani has been hit with so much racism and hate from Dems and Republicans, it is insane. If anything they should be embracing this direction, finally some life into a party at 21% approval rating. But all the AIPAC shills and the enrichment cultists won’t move aside for a new generation of leaders.

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    They will rig the general. Who owns the machines, is the software audited, how do they count the votes, are there tabulation servers involved?

  • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Other than the one Gillen the rest are nothing comments. No one says they won’t back him besides that. And rich people are going to back anyone who will let them keep their largesse. They donated to Democrats because they know a Republican isn’t going to win in NYC.

    This is a pretty BS article that is painting things that aren’t really there. At least not to any great extent.

      • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I’ll concede some of it now.

        But you understand “donors” are just rich fucks. Until the NYC/NY Democrat party says “don’t vote for him” then it’s really irrelevant.

        That said, Hochul, Gillen, etc. can’t do the simplest gd thing like most other Democrats. No one says you have to endorse. I doubt AOC would “endorse” Connor Lamb if he won the PA primary. But a pithy “The people have spoken who they want their rep to be and I hope the Democratic candidate wins in November.”

        It’s amazing how anyone center to left can find so much time to dither and argue amongst themselves instead of realizing the bigger picture which is to win power and do good things with it. JFC.

        • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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          6 days ago

          argue amongst themselves instead of realizing the bigger picture which is to win power and do good things with it

          Almost as if people have contradicting ideas about what ‘good things’ need doing.

          But you understand “donors” are just rich fucks

          Lmao, idk I don’t really think there’s anything “just” about being a billionare political donor

          Until the NYC/NY Democrat party says “don’t vote for him” then it’s really irrelevant

          Unrelated - I have a bridge to sell you

    • DrSoap@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Lol, his first two years in office was just him literally sprinting from photo op to photo op. You could not turn on the TV without him giving some weird misguided speech about something he knew nothing about.

  • AlexLost@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    I love how when the people speak, the politicians tell them to shut up I stead of listen. And the Democrats wonder why they struggle to gain ground?!

  • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Vote in every primary. The establishment can’t fight as hard as they did for Cuomo everywhere. There are lot of primaries across the country that many people don’t even know are happening

    For instance, there’s one for the US House seat in VA-11 (Most of Fairfax county + Fairfax City) this Saturday prior to the September special election to replace Gerry Connolly who died from cancer

  • Devolution@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I am tired of shitty Democrat candidates using our constitutional crisis to perpetuate the status quo that is not working. These geriatric fucks need to just die already and let the younger fighters do their jobs.

    Younger fighters are the reason MAGA worked.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      No, we just need to do exactly what NYC just did and show up to the primary and vote for the progressive. They run all the time, but mostly just retirees vote in them, then everyone complains about the two centrists on the ballot.

      It’s really that simple. Vote in primaries.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 days ago

        Exit polls shows Gen Z, males especially, leaned disproportionately to Trump, so I’m guessing the previous poster is referring to the Trump campaign’s strategy of taking advantage of impressionable boys.

        …which is another one of those ‘history rhymes’ things.

        • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          6 days ago

          Yeah, the “GenZ males are ultra-conservative” thing is largely caused by, I shit you not, the gooner to alt-right pipeline. This is the kind of shit you can’t make up.

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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          6 days ago

          Exit polls shows Gen Z, males especially, leaned disproportionately to Trump

          And with that comes my reason to grumple at the younger generation. They got no rizz!

          THATS RIGHT! THE OLD GUY IN THE ROOM JUST LOW KEY STOLE YOUR LINGO IN A CRINGE WAY NO CAP!!! OHIO!!!

          …am I doing this right?

    • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Mamdani has the majority opinion, that Israel has a right to exist as a state with equal rights. Zionists have a hard time accepting that as an answer but it’s a morally unobjectionable one.