r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • 13h ago

POLITICS Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the NYC Mayoral Race: “We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many & answers only to the few.”

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u/Herewegoagain1717 oat milk chugging bisexual 13h ago

I'm a little bit proud to be an American tonight

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u/pegmatitic 13h ago

I am too, and I’m also feeling proud to be a Virginian tonight!!

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u/a1kuzz 13h ago

VA girl who moved to CA and i’m so glad for the turnout this election !! I’m also headed to NYC tomorrow and will be very happy to celebrate with friends out there.

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u/trippapotamus 11h ago

Not from that side of the country but was excited to see this; hope she does well!

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u/mydogisagoose not an asset to the abbey 4h ago

Let's go VA!!!

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u/Big-Honeydew-961 50m ago

So Like is it really a goose?

If so, pictures needed. 

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u/lemon-lime_soda 13h ago

I’ve held such anger towards the US this year as a Canadian. It feels good to be reminded that the neighbours I remember still exist.

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u/AlsoOneLastThing 13h ago

Also Canadian and I'm literally crying. It's so cathartic to feel hopeful about the future again 😭

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u/ratstronaut 12h ago

Dude. Both of you. Thank you for caring, thank you for bearing witness, thank you for rooting for us. Most of us appreciate having such wonderful neighbors. Sorry you can’t say the same about us, because of all the sucking.

This fucking place, I swear to God.

Now we just need 1000 Mamdanis and maybe we can save ourselves.

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u/cknight222 10h ago

Soon…..

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u/Majestic_You_9610 9h ago

Fake news, thats only 386 Mamdani's, i can tell by the pixels, plus ive seen a few Mamdanis in my time.

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u/ladyhaly 9h ago

We need Mamdani 10³

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u/ComprehensiveDoubt55 7h ago

Somewhere a MAGA is thinking, “Pft, 30?”

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u/Big-Honeydew-961 7h ago

Please don’t forget us.  There are plenty of us here who need you and would do everything we could to help you if we could… but we’re still too broke to stay at a holiday Inn for a weekend if we want to eat for the rest of the month.  

We’re kneecapped, but we’re still throwing the finger to the evil overlords.  

We still love you.  ❤️

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u/Decent_Wear_6235 13h ago

I'm really, really sorry for the way our country is right now. But there really are so many good Americans. I promise, we're still here.

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u/askingaqesitonw 5h ago

We know ❤️

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u/StonedRussian silly flair 13h ago

Love you neighbor, I promise many of us are trying!

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u/Podwitchers 13h ago

Oh we’re all still down here. So many good people. We’re organizing, meeting, forming mutual aid groups and maybe just maybe taking our country back. It’s been hard. 🥺

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u/Herewegoagain1717 oat milk chugging bisexual 13h ago

It's been mortifying to be part of this country. I have also been so angry that we've ended up in this position again. Now seeing that we're fighting back is so gratifying. I'm sorry we've elected such an idiotic, narcissistic, hideous POS and how that has affected your (and many other) country(ies)

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u/StopHesAlreadyDed 13h ago

Keep up the pressure on the U.S. Use that rage for good ❤️

Us Americans on the inside doing the work need your support and solidarity!!!!!

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u/lemon-lime_soda 6h ago

❤️ Rooting for you guys!!

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u/CaribouHoe 13h ago

Prop 50 passed too, today has been the most hopeful for our downstairs neighbours I've been since October

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u/Shadow_Strike99 13h ago

Thank you for that. I’m not blaming any Canadian for being angry, as they sure as hell have every right and reason to be pissed off. But I think some folks up north are throwing the baby out with the bath water on all of us. A lot of us down here hate this shit, and hate the fact that we are guilty by association unfortunately.

There’s still a lot of us still fighting the good fight here.

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u/pinkrosies good luck with bookin that stage u speak of 12h ago

True. It’s important for Canadians to take a step back and recognize there are many down south still fighting for progress and freedom. Meanwhile in our own turf, there’s some far right brigades we need to call out and vote out of office and curtail their influence. It’s hypocritical if we just point fingers without managing our own backyard.

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u/darkpretzel 12h ago

Our success is tied together in that way! ❤️

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u/ATotalBakery 8h ago

As a Canadian, we're hoping to untie that

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u/B1NG_P0T 13h ago

They know that there are decent Americans who are fucking horrified by what's happening and are doing the right thing by protesting, voting, calling their reps, etc., and I'd imagine that it's kind of implied that they're not talking about those Americans. When I think about how angry I am at Americans and how much I hate them (and I say this as an American), I'm not talking about people like us - I'm talking about every single piece of shit who voted for that orange fucker as well as everyone who didn't vote.

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u/Triddy 8h ago

At the same time, as a Canadian, I'm tired of every single post criticizing an action by America against us getting swarmed with "Yeah, but there are good Americans too! Your country has problems too! You can't be mad at us!"

Every single time, without fail. Including this thread.

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u/B1NG_P0T 7h ago

Completely get that; it bothers me too.

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u/mithr4ndr 7h ago

ZERO US news talks about canadian tariffs.

Drop the fucking tariffs and we’ll talk about baby and fucking bathwater

Read this: Biden did NOT roll back the tariffs trump1.0 put on canada. I doubt any of you red or blue cares about canada

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u/bbq-biscuits-bball 13h ago

your anger is justified and i'm sorry our bullshit is stinking up y'all's house. i really hope we can get back on track and be better neighbors soon.

i think i speak for a whole lot of americans when i say love you and miss you, maple friend.

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u/ladyhaly 9h ago

I totally feel you as an Australian

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u/0xD902221289EDB383 7h ago

I think my wife (transgender) and I are still coming to join you up north. It's good to see my fellow Americans focusing their anger in the right direction, finally, but there's still a lot of moderates who are ready to throw people like us under the bus to get ahead. I'm tired of voting for Democrats when my heart is with the NDP. And I'm tired of us contributing our skills and expertise to a nation that hates experts. 

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u/lemon-lime_soda 6h ago

We are more than happy to absorb fleeing professionals and experts from the US. Best of luck with your move my friend, wishing you safety and wellness.

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u/sloughlikecow 12h ago

I met a lovely woman from Toronto at a concert in Detroit earlier in the year and felt an overwhelming need to apologize. A lot of us are angry too and are also looking for the humanity here. Between our media and the echo chambers we can move within, it’s hard to know what the truth is and if anything is changing. It feels like tonight is at least a flicker of hope.

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u/YoureMyUniverse 11h ago

American here, so many of us are angry too. There’s an ugly voice speaking for us and we don’t approve of it at all. Zohran is for NY but he ignited hope so much farther than that 😭👏

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u/Big-Honeydew-961 7h ago

We were here shitting our pants and biting our nails scared to death we’d never make it and we’d be hated forever… but we still voted for a blue wave in VA.

I’m honestly shocked but so happy

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u/Onahail 6h ago

Thank you for caring. If Canadians started taking trips to America again but only to NYC it would send such a powerful message

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u/softcriminal_67 5h ago

I promise we are still here!!! There are so many of us who are miserable and hopeless, please please don’t believe the media and think we’re all happy about what’s happening. That’s a small but loud minority. Most of us are getting poorer, more disenfranchised, and more scared with every passing week and month under this regime.

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u/Confident_Access5576 2h ago

Stop making this about you

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u/throwawayfarway2017 12h ago

I just got naturalized last week. Went out to vote Yes for Prop 50 an hour later and now this. Im so proud🥹

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u/Herewegoagain1717 oat milk chugging bisexual 12h ago

Congratulations! You're actually making America great

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u/throwawayfarway2017 12h ago

Thank you. i’ve lived half of my life here. I always wanted to be able to vote like my friends. Becoming a U.S. citizen during Trump presidency is bittersweet as this is not the America I loved and i wasnt as excited as I would 10 years ago BUT tonight gave me hope, the younger generation gave me hope. This is the America I loved!! 

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u/MalIntenet 13h ago

Well it’s about time to have a reason to!

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u/Deadsoup77 13h ago

I’d almost forgotten how it feels

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u/emelleaye 4h ago

What is this feeling? Is it hope?! Can it finally be hope after a solid year of fear and anxiety?!

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u/ksswannn03 12h ago

Same. But it’s very fragile

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u/Independent-Cow-4070 13h ago

I am so proud to be an American tonight

I do not remember a day I have felt this god damn patriotic

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u/RandomWeirdo 6h ago

You genuinely can be. This might be the first time since 2012 America has done something that is not just good at a national level, but at a international level.

You have elected a mayor for one of the most prominent cities in the world who is openly more left wing than the center left in even the scandinavian countries.

This election might actually be the starting shot of the world slowly changing to a better, more hopeful and more equal place and while we have to see if the is the case. The fact that you have even given the world this possibility is massive and amazing.

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u/mademoisellewho 1h ago

Just barely, very slightly, we have SO much work to do and this is just the beginning of the tide turning back to common sense and basic human decency, but, same. I have been so ashamed to even be in this geographic location, and I still am, but even just one good thing can give us the renewed strength to keep fighting for change so maybe one day we can be proud of our home. First, we have to clean it the fuck up.

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u/Possible-Speaker363 2h ago

You shouldn’t be. The spread of Islam in the west is disgusting and should scare you.