• harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    It seems that the emphasis is on solidifying the local council to implement Mamdani’s agenda not because Mamdani supports Jeffries.

  • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comBanned
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    I find it rich that AOC, someone who primaried a sitting democrat, is against getting rid of an ineffective corporate dem like Jeffries. Mamdani, too. The Longshot Kid denies an upstart trying the shake the system.

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    Mamdani opposed Ossé’s long-shot run and spoke at a DSA forum discouraging the organization from endorsing him, saying it would make it more difficult to enact his administration’s policy priorities. “Right now is not the time to be engaging in that type of primary,” he said in an interview on local outlet PIX11 News, a Nexstar affiliate, shortly after Ossé filed paperwork to run.

    Right now is never the time.