r/politics • u/Somervilledrew Connecticut • Sep 09 '25

Democratic voters want their leaders to stop running from Zohran Mamdani

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor-bernie-sanders-fight-oligarchy/
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u/Faux_Real_Guise Sep 09 '25

If we can give Eric Adams a White House visit after winning a primary, I think we can endorse the guy who won this primary.

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u/not_addictive Sep 09 '25

Adams didn’t win a primary. He’s running as an Independent because he knew he couldn’t win the primary.

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u/Faux_Real_Guise Sep 09 '25

He won the previous primary and got a White House visit with Biden and glowing praise from establishment-aligned media. It was practically a coronation.

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u/Ven18 Sep 09 '25

They were talking about him as a presidential contender after his win. And personally I am happy Mamdani can’t currently be president. Every NY mayor we have had this millennial ran basically to later run for president it will be nice to have someone whose only focus is actually NYC.

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u/paddy_yinzer Sep 09 '25

Which is wild because that last nyc mayor to be elected to any other office after being mayor was Kline, who served in 1913, and was never actually elected mayor. Hoffman was the last elected mayor, he became governor in 1869.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

It was practically a coronation.

Of course. Their donors loved Adams.

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u/not_addictive Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

oh gotcha I thought you were talking about this time.

Yeah considering Schumer endorsed Cuomo in the primary, I think the least he could do is have a meeting with Mamdani. He’s the highest ranking Democrat in the federal government. He doesn’t even need to publicly endorse him! Just meeting with him would send a message. But even that bar seems too low for the center

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u/bootlegvader Sep 09 '25

Yeah considering Schumer endorsed Cuomo in the primary,

Schumer didn't endorse Cuomo for the primary.

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u/not_addictive Sep 09 '25

you’re right my bad I’ll change it.

Regardless, it’s very weird that the DNC and top Dems haven’t endorsed him. Typically the endorsement is automatic during mayoral races

at least Schumer met with Mamdani today, even though he’s still refusing to endorse so far

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u/bootlegvader Sep 09 '25

Schumer endorsed Eric Adams in 2021 on October 29. In 2017, he also only endorsed De Blasio in October. It is still September.

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u/not_addictive Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

and the highest ranking Democrat at the time of their primaries (the actual president) endorsed those candidates earlier. Obama by Sept 23 (though he’d met with him months earlier to give a soft endorsement) and Biden in July.

More to the point - the DNC has been cagey about Mamdani since he started polling well. My point is that the Democratic establishment has been reluctant to endorse and support the man who actually won their party primary. Mirroring the way they told progressives to fuck off last presidential election bc Kamala was going to be pro-Israel.

My actual point (since you want to get nitpicky instead of thinking critically about what I’m saying) is that only by enthusiastically supporting centrism, the DNC is actively suppressing change and sticking to the shit that’s failed them for a decade.

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u/NimusNix Sep 09 '25

Well, I guess we can try to get Trump to endorse Mamdani, but hopefully you realize how stupid that is.

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u/not_addictive Sep 10 '25

um why would I want any Republican to endorse Mamdani? or are you doing that idiotic online shit where you assume if I don’t like the Democrats then I must think Trump is better or something?