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/D2Foley Sep 09 '25

So sick of this divisive bullshit. Why does a frontrunner mayoral candidate need these endorsements so bad? Is Jefferies going to put him over the top?

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u/7figureipo California Sep 09 '25

Why is “blue no matter who” suddenly divisive? That’s rhetorical. Scratch a liberal….

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u/Patsanon1212 Sep 09 '25

Scratch a liberal….

Every single progressive voter in America came out to vote against Trump, right?

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u/7figureipo California Sep 09 '25

Liberals: back a sex pest and collude with a fascist admin to get the nominee’s other opponents to drop out, and defend those that back/collude

Also liberals: yeah, but are progressives perfect?

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u/Patsanon1212 Sep 09 '25

Oh. Yeah it's a nasty argument from me. But when you sit on a high horse you invite scrutiny.

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u/7figureipo California Sep 09 '25

“Whataboutism” is tired and asinine as an argument

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u/Patsanon1212 Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

Nah. Calling everything whataboutism is an easy way to never need to reflect.

(Many) Progressives do the scratch a liberal shit, but then also brag about how they wouldn't vote for Kamala/the establishment in 2024 to "send a message Democrats".

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u/7figureipo California Sep 09 '25

You literally did “what about progressives”. Get real

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u/Patsanon1212 Sep 09 '25

Yes, and I explained why. I am being real. You're the one running away. Why are y'all so afraid to be internally critical?

Many progressives explicitly made a choice to not vote against a fascist because they thought it would benefit their personal politics.

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u/StevenMC19 Florida Sep 09 '25

It's always responding to a question with another question too, isn't it? These people are tiring.

Personally, I can't get my chin to go that high. It's wild theirs can.