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Five@slrpnk.net to Socialism@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month ago

Why won’t top Democrats endorse Mamdani?

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Why won’t top Democrats endorse Mamdani?

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Five@slrpnk.net to Socialism@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month ago
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Zohran Mamdani won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on June 24 with 56% of the vote in the final runoff, but several prominent Democrats have still not endorsed him. Those withholding support include Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, Sen. Gov.
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  • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
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    They aren’t left.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      And socialism isn’t in the class interests of the oligarchy.

  • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
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    Their owners won’t allow them.

  • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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    Because democrats are not progressive, they’re just left of republicans

    • Boo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      US democrats for the most part are conservative/far right by EU political standards. Althoug we have seen a strong shift to the right in most EU countries political spectrum.

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    Because democrats hate winners

  • MisterOwl@lemmy.world
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    Republicans don’t endorse Democrats.

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world
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    Who are they endorsing?

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      Probably a reprehensible business lackey

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    I guess my question is, who is waiting for the endorsement of party officials who reliably don’t give a shit what their constituents think?

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    Vote blue no mattter who*

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    *when he was selected by the DNC elites and not by the people.

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    Perhaps they want to have plausible deniability in the case where he a) doesn’t get elected and b) gets elected and fucks up everything.

    It doesn’t seem to me like anyone is expecting him to get elected and succeed with his policies.

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      I see the downvotes but will agree that his path is risky and the establishment dems for the most part probably do not have the backbone to support him. His risk of failure is high because it is unusual and the outcome is not known. I think he is great, but establishment politicians are all bought and have no character, so…

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