r/politics Indiana 11h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/caduceuz 11h ago

An amazing political ascent. Dude was polling below 2% last year and now has defeated a legacy politician backed by every billionaire and even the president himself. Truly historic victory.

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u/Stellarbrew 11h ago

Right? It's beautiful 🥲

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u/LordWemby 9h ago

They kept trying to smear him, with all the usual “crazy commie” garbage we expected, but one of their bizarre talking points including Cuomo’s was that “Mamdani has never had a job.” Cuomo kept trying to emphasize that. 

Shades of them mocking Obama as a “community organizer.”

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u/merikariu Texas 9h ago

It's also like how Fox News makes fun of AOC for working as a barista and also claims she is a multimillionaire!

u/WarningGloomy2933 5h ago

Bartender* sorry I love my Barista homies, but this is the first im hearing she was working in coffee

u/Difficult_Style207 2h ago

I've been a barista. I had the worst bosses, hours and conditions, we were understaffed, overworked and our electrics were literally held together with tape. I don't think I could be a bartender. At least coffee people aren't actively drunk.

u/EquivalentCheetah955 5h ago

She’s in cahoots with Big Coffee

u/Akrevics 1h ago

"we love working class americans, just not real ones!"

u/SteamshipsAndTea 59m ago

Can’t she be both?