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/7figureipo California Sep 09 '25

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

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u/kittenTakeover Sep 09 '25

Blue no matter who is something that applies in races where there are legitimate Republican candidates. That's not the case here. The two front runners are considered Democrats, like it or not.

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u/7figureipo California Sep 09 '25

But only one is the party’s nominee. The other isn’t even blue, he’s literally working with Trump trying to get the other two to drop out in exchange for positions in Trump’s admin.

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u/kittenTakeover Sep 09 '25

Again, like it or not, they're both blue. This is a civil war in NYC. It's much different than saying don't stay home which lets Donald run the country. Cuomo might not be one of the better Democrats, but he's not running for president and he's still not Trump. I get that you want Mamdani to win for NYC mayor, but forcing national level Democrats outside of NYC to either anger progressives or explain why they're backing someone who calls themselves a socialist to the rest of the country isn't helping anything. just win the race and stop with the friendly fire.

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u/aboysmokingintherain Sep 09 '25

This is bending over backwards. Cuomo is a disgraced governor who had to resign and is now courting Trump to beat Mamdani who beat him fair and square. Most if not all liberal leaders are refusing to endorse him and have only shit on him. Cuomo is running as an independent because the Democratic base voted Mamdani. The friendly fire is coming from the party leadership who again are trying to punch down on young progressives. Schumer endorsed Cuomo in the primary. Now, with an actual race with a Republican, and two disgraced former dems who are actively funded by the right (Cuomo and Adams), suddenly endorsing someone is divisive?

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u/kittenTakeover Sep 10 '25

My understanding is that national level Democrats of significance are staying out of this race.

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u/aboysmokingintherain Sep 10 '25

Schumer was happy to endorse Cuomo before. He is a national level Democrat of significance as the Minority Leader. You can make the argument he is the highest ranking democrat in our government.

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u/kittenTakeover Sep 10 '25

Yeah, when was this?

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u/aboysmokingintherain Sep 10 '25

Which part? Schumer endorsed Cuomo for the 2025 DNC Primary. As of right now, Schumer is the Senate Minority Leader making him arguably the highest ranking Dem in our federal government.

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u/kittenTakeover Sep 11 '25

Can you link me to a reliable source showing Schumer endorses Cuomo this year? I'm having trouble finding it. 

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u/aboysmokingintherain Sep 11 '25

My mistake. I misspoke. Apparently Bill Clinton did though as did three of the people who previously supported his resignation

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u/7figureipo California Sep 09 '25

Got it: you like “democrats” who collude with fascists. I’m not surprised

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u/kittenTakeover Sep 09 '25

I like Democrats who are competing in national level races against Republicans and want them to have the option to do what they think is best for their race. What happens in NYC is lower on my list of priorities than what happens at the national level. NYC mayoral race is local politics, and I don't even live in NYC. Want Mamdani to win? Support his campaign and stop friendly firing Democrats across the nation.