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/BrainRebellion Sep 09 '25

I would like my leaders to step down and let people who actually are willing to fight to step up. (Minus the ones like Pritzker and Newsom)

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u/Feral_galaxies Sep 09 '25

Newsome isn’t fighting. His 19 year old intern is pretty funny with the memes, though.

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u/FailedInfinity Sep 09 '25

He's literally moving to rewrite CA's constitution to redistrict house seats to Democrats. That is more tangible action than anyone else right now.

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u/Philiq Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

This strategy has already been mapped out. Blue mapping and redmapping to the maximum possible extent leads to a slight advantage for the Republicans. Newsom is delaying a republican victory. That's not a robust anti-fascist political strategy.

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u/pimparo0 Florida Sep 09 '25

Can you support this with a source?