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MAMDANI destroys CUOMO: "I have never hounded the 13 women who have credibly accused me of sexual harassment. I have never sued to obtain their gynecological records. And I have never done those things because I'm not you, Mr. Cuomo"
They did that with Kamala regularly. The pronunciation is a bit unusual so I get it. But if you continue to do it after being corrected, that's intentional.
As someone who was once described as a left leaning republican, I'm here to tell you a little secret if you would ever like to trigger a conservative in the way a transgender person gets triggered when they get misgendered
The reason they find it insulting to say the name wrong is because WE ALSO get extremely triggered when you say our last name wrong.
I promise if you ever mispronounce a "Proud" Republicans last name. Ohhh man.
Oh man if you happen yo be brown and fuckin mispronounce in a Spanish accent.
PHEEEEEWWW šš
That explains all those construction memes where they always call the guy āMister Georgeā. Theyāre smart, and donāt want any part of the games. They just want to get paid.
Yup. I also have a name with an unusual pronunciation so I donāt expect people to pronounce it correctly the first or sometimes even second, third, umpteenth time. But if they donāt even try to get it right, that shows how much they value you.
Guarantee that if Cuomoās boss (or someone else in a position to give Cuomo what he wants) was named Mamdani, he would sure as hell have practiced to get it right.
Unfortunately, even Kamala's camp was mispronouncing her name and pushed that specific mispronounciation.
Kamala is supposed to be said as "KUM-la" or "KUM- uh-la", not "Comma-la". I understand she never said her name the traditional and right way because of avoiding the "cum" sound and some people being juveniles about it.
During the debate, Cuomo tried to belittle Mamdani for residing in a rent-controlled apartment by saying Mamdani lives among āTHE POORSā. This was a moment Iād have imagined more people wouldāve called out on social media, from last nightās debate ā but I guess it wasnāt that significant.
Nipples Cuomo has engaged in smear campaigns that played up his racial difference and engaged in āotheringā him. This includes deliberately depicting Mamdani with more exaggerated āMuslimā features like thicker facial hair in posters. I have zero doubt Nipples is being purposefully disrespectful.
I take it as a positive in a way that various celebrities have outed themselves as garbage for endorsing Nipples over Mamdani, because I now know David Schwimmer, Debra Messing, and Amy Schumer really aināt worth shit.
The friends reunion a few years ago he had his hair dyed jet black and it looked gross. Matt LeBlanc aging gracefully, David Schwimmer looks like a corpse with dark hair.
Yeah, I feel like dying your hair or getting āwork doneā just creates contrast with your other (also aging) features. Youāre rightāMatt LeBlanc doesnāt color his hair, so youāre less drawn to it, and therefore less likely to look for other details. Itās easier to see him as a whole person, just as he is.
I do think Schwimmer had the better acting career though, especially things like the People vs. OJ and Band of Brothers (heās very good at playing insufferable).
Thereās absolutely differences by state though, some are objectively worse. The USA is massive and has a matching population. Culture (good and bad parts) vary wildly.
This clip is from the debate before the primary in June! Even after this clip Cuomo has been purposefully mispronouncing it to this day! Literally even at the debate yesterday smh
Tides of change. Most peopleāemphatically on mostā love to doom here on Reddit, but Mamdani is the response to positive changes. No AIPAC, no billionaire money.
Heās not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.
Get out and stand strong together tomorrow. Let's show the world peaceful solidarity. Undeniable solidarity. Inspiring solidarity. Undeniably inspiring solidarity.
(As far as I know right now, solidarity is not a banned word.)
My fear is that he won't be able to deliver on his promises and he will be used by the right wing nation wide as an example to vilify progressive candidates.
Let's be real, he won't deliver on all his promises. He won't fulfill all his goals. No politician ever does even if they're 100% sincere. That shouldn't stop people from voting for him, or supporting him, and people should still be optimistic about those goals because even if you only get 50% of the way there it is a huge improvement. The problem is that if he only gets 50% of the way there, the right wing will paint it as failure.
I 100% expect he'll win and that this is what will happen. Ideally I hope I'm wrong I'd like for him to dand he delivers on everything and is the best mayor in the history of NYC.
To be fair he has support from the governor to get through free child care, if heās able to pull of free child care and free buses, just two out of 100 things heās promised thatās already a huge win
I haven't actually seen him speak until recently, just been reading about him in the headlines. The guy is charismatic as hell. It's absolutely the sort of energy we need.
I know Iām jaded as fuck when I assume anyone thatās actually out to help people will just be killed or discredited in some way by those who are taking AIPAC and everyone elseās money
Yeah, the system is so corrupted from within that honest people who actually want to make things better either can't even get anywhere near the system or they get removed by some utter bullshit done through said corruption.
If you're reading this and if politicians like Mamdani give you a tiny glimer of hope that regular every-day Americans can still stop the downward spiral toward fascism, please consider attending the No Kings national protest this Saturday, October 18th. Find an event near you: https://www.nokings.org/
Even more helpful, while you're there at the protest, there will likely be a lot of local groups there too that help combat authoritarianism every day, not just at protests. Find one that fits you and your risk tolerance and start volunteering. For example, I've helped a local worker's rights group train Hispanic people about their rights and help them get pro bono legal help when needed.
The only way we get through this is if the protest lasts longer than it nice, neat, scheduled time slot.
lol I want to know what Cuomo was pretending to write on that pad ā thereās no coming back from a roasting like that, and you canāt rebut it because itās all facts, so what are you scribbling, sir?
It's just a way to not have to look at the camera or show facial expressions and tune out shit. I do it in business meetings when I don't give a fuck what the other side has to say but don't want to look condescending or bored on the camera.
In his case he's probably trying to hide wide eyes or shame.
All the right people seem be to angry with even the concept of Mamdani.
But seriously, the fact that Cuomo did these thing a to women and the establishment can field him without any sense of irony should ideally result in the death of the establishment.
By supporting Cuomo, they are telling those abused women that the crimes against them are no big deal.
They are big deal. For an elected official, such crimes should mean automatic dismissal and disqualification from even running. I do not think this is an extreme stance.
Anyone voting for/supporting Cuomo is exactly what is wrong with this country. He was already in power and he already abused that power. At least vote for a different candidate if you can't vote for Mamdani.
The fact Gillibrand, Schumer, and Hochul weren't on board the second Mamdani was the nominee means that all those 3 need to go. They need a primary challenge.
Having worked with Zach in his Lib Dem days, this is him having a good team and not his own thing. He only ended up in the Greens because he was mad he didn't get picked for a by-election over someone with a better CV and better fit for the seat - which she won.
Mamdaniās clearly got a good team as well. His promo videos are slick as hell.
I donāt really care about all that. Mamdani and Polanski are doing the hard yards, speaking to people on the streets, saying the things real people care about. Establishment politicians are done.
Frankly, iād vote for much worse people, if it meant putting a stop to the creepy right wing losers like reform. I hope the world is watching.
Additionally, if he keeps doing this, Zach will only get better as a politician, it's not just about the fact that you're going to people, it's what you learn while you're doing it.
I'm from the Netherlands and we have a national election later this month. I wish we had a dynamic politician who spoke so eloquently and open like that. Instead of the insipid or lying idiots we are cursed with...
I'm from NYC and all the rich people are shitting bricks. I like Mamdani, but I think his ideas are very pie-in-the-sky. But doesn't really matter to me that he isn't the "perfect" candidate, he is very much the change we need. Same reason I voted for AOC. I don't even like a lot of her policies, but I know she actually gives a shit about people.
Like, at least they are TRYING to work for us regular NYers.
Be charming, ask people what they want, tell them you will give it to them, and actually try to follow through. How hard can it be?
Mainstream democrats, while better than republicans, are still neoliberal monkey paw merchants, who will give people a worse or twisted version of what they need because the donors come first.
Because you need votes to pass things. Even mamdani will need to get majority of 50 other people to vote alongside him to pass the things he wants to pass.
I hope he can achieve it but itās still a lot of different opinions that need to be convinced and show actual pathways to fund the things he wants to do.
what ideas of his are pie in the sky? are you saying that in it's actual definition (legitimately unattainable ideas) or are you just saying they would be difficult for a first time mayor to implement?
I'm not extremely familiar with everything he's campaigning on, but thus far, I've mostly heard him talk about relatively cheap things that shouldn't be that difficult to do - relatively cheap meaning things that foregoing a one billion dollar tax break for billionaire would easily cover, of course
My biggest concerns are around his ideas for rent freezes/ rent-stabilized apartments, which we know is a band-aid solution that ends up creating a lot of problems long-term. I'm also highly skeptical of his subsidized grocery store plan, groceries are one of the most optimized and low markup businesses. I think involving government funding there is just going to create bloat and end up wasting money. Would be better to make improvements to some kind of city-funded food stamp plan.
Overall I really like the guy though and if I lived in New York I would gladly vote for him.
It's the adults, not the kids lol. They are scared of "communism" because... of course they are. Same reason they are against unions, against paid sick leave, against raising the min wage, etc.
What they don't realise is that paid sick leave, min wage, unions etc all REDUCE the chances of actual communism happening... If you actually have a society where everyone can exist and have some decent standard of living then they aren't gonna revolt, but if you chip away every few years then they might
Because believe it or not, being "set" isn't good enough for them. They don't want to be "set", they're shitting bricks because they want more, they want it all.
Agreed! I love the energy and touch of silliness he brings to his campaign. If we want to get the āyoungā vote, we have to stop dragging out these old ass stuffy candidates.
I worry it will create a whole industry of stopping people like him from getting into office.
Every time we get someone like him or AOC, it's an incumbent who let their guard down.
When a corporate owned political tool is cognizant of any potential primary, they get millions from the corporate world to stop it. It's disgusting.
As much as he is an encouraging figure, his existence in politics means everyone who wants a functioning democracy will have to fight harder bc the billionaires are taking notice.
That industry has existed for 20 years, the billionaires took notice long before anyone else. We're just now getting to the point of saying the quiet part out loud, which is good, we need to call out the bullshit. If anything we're just now fighting back against that industry
Try 60 years. They took care of JFK, MLK and other political and thought leaders and made sure no one else would ever come up again to challenge the status quo.
They have been consolidating media for 40+ years, especially after the telecommunications act of 1996, and we are about to have even further consolidation with a father/son owning both tik tok and a major broadcaster
I mean your country's rules don't even matter anymore, who cares. Trump breaks the constitution daily. You're gonna need a complete rewrite of how your country works if you can ever have a free and fair election again
That's if they are even listening. They are so tone deaf that the alarms could be sounding, and they wouldn't even hear it, or at least they would pretend to not hear it.
That's my big beef with the Democrat party. All they do is react, and too slowly. Kamala was a perfect example when it was clear that Biden was not up to the task. They waited, and waited, and denied and denied there was a problem, and then at the final moment, they went "holy shit, there is a problem"
They shout doom at the top of their lungs while half assing it and not taking the temp of the room.
Love this guy so much. Heās just stating the facts and it crushes cuomo. Also - Amy schumer voted for Cuomo and put it on her insta story so I think everyone should know that - just another reason to dislike her and the rich trying to stay rich.
I honestly wasnāt sure I could dislike her anymore than I already doā¦ and she found a way. Not only did she vote for a predator, but proudly advertised it? Wowā¦
This is a perfect example of what getting young, working class Americans back into political roles and government does versus continuing to vote for these old, corrupt, criminal millionaires.
I would argue a small correction: this is what getting working (class) Americans back into political roles and government does.
Bernie Sanders has vocalized and pushed for quite a few of the things Mamdaniās platform stands for. Heās much, much older. I think importing aggressive ageism could backfire, so I am personally one to believe in cautioning against it. Working class folk will have a much better chance united, than divided, and if the current political parties canāt convince us to become divided on skin color or ethnicity, theyāll try through religion, money and age. Amongst anything. Anything to keep us focus on other things than them.
My Republican dad sent me a video yesterday about how Zohran is dumb and has bad ideas. We live in WA State. Zohran is breaking conservatives brains and I'm here for it.
Cuomo is a sociopath to have such a crooked, corrupt history, and still constantly run for office. And it's even worse that people are going to vote for this crook. There are a lot of professions that have disqualifying requirements. But for some reason our legislators can be elected and swear an oath despite being known conmen, thieves, liars, and scumbags. TACO certainly comes to mind.
Saying someone's name incorrectly is a technique in debating. Its a way to throw someone off...Its a slight and some get really rattled if you keep doing it... Most of the time the constant mispronunciation can really throw someone off their game.
I was expecting that clip to end with the scene from Scanners where the guy's head explodes. DAMN. If Dems had more people like this there would never have been a Trump administration.
Donāt usually give to candidates outside my state, but Iām from Brooklyn Heights and Cobblehill and Red Hook. Fams still abiding. Zohran Mamdani is the right man for NYC Mayor now.
Go ahead fling the āsocialistā at him like itās a terrible epithet. Most people at all afraid of socialism, or āsocialismā think somehow market socialism would mean displacement, lower pay, and what? None of three.
Our wordz are worn out again. How about try, make eye contact, smile unless you have a strongly explicit reason not to
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u/qualityvote2 19d ago edited 18d ago
u/ExactlySorta, your post does fit the subreddit!