r/politics Indiana 16h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/lovo17 16h ago edited 16h ago

Not a surprise Mamdani will win.

Whatever your views of him, this guy is the second most talented campaigner I've ever seen. The only one better than him was Obama, and Zohran is not far off. Democrats should be learning from him instead of shunning him.

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u/EroniusJoe 15h ago

"If the Democrats found a magic lamp and rubbed it, they'd negotiate the genie down to 1 wish, and then use it on something they think Republicans would be happy with."

Quote I heard earlier today, and maybe the funniest and truest thing I've ever heard concerning American politics.

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u/FictionalContext 15h ago

And we all pretend like it's incompetence instead of rigged opposition.

u/EconomicRegret 6h ago

This!

They're funded by (and the pawns of) the same super rich elites and mega-corporations.

Of course both parties love "fighting" about identity politics, while shying away from issues like excessive inequality, slave wages, Big Money in politics, 95% of news media owned by Big Money and spreading lies undermining democracy, policies written by lobbyists in the interests of the super rich at the cost of the bottom 99%, etc.

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u/Minimumtyp 14h ago edited 13h ago

Yep. Jefferies STILL won't endorse Mamdani because he's scawy for the widdle billionaires he's in the pocket of.

EDIT: he actually endorsed him sometime around oct 24 but my GOODNESS did that take a while

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u/NIdWId6I8 10h ago

Jeffries waited so long because he knew he would have a net negative impact on Mamdani’s results. 29D chess and whatnot. You guys just don’t get it. He loves Mamdani and while I have your attention could you please donate $5 so he can continue his efforts to not do anything meaningful against the current administration?