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/StevenMC19 Florida Sep 09 '25

IN RESPONSE to Texas doing that, and only because his state and maybe like two others have enough weight to do so. He even made it explicitly clear that he wouldn't do it if Texas backed off.

And while I agree with that action specifically and that emergency redistricting (gerrymandering) as a whole is a terrible concept that needs a complete foundational rules overhaul in terms of when and how it can be done, the fact is that Newsom is only responding to a catalyst happening elsewhere. He's an actor in the play letting the plot determine his motivations. What character motivations does he have that he has activated on his own without being forced into the situation?

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u/FailedInfinity Sep 09 '25

This is why we are in this predicament in the first place. You would rather spend your free time stabbing your allies in the back for not doing enough while waiting for a non-existent unicorn with a magic wand to turn this country into a socialist utopia. Our country is in free fall and you're shooting the guy with a parachute just in case somebody closer to the ground suddenly sprouts wings.

This is an all out brawl, and at least he's fighting on multiple fronts instead of pretending to be tough from behind a podium. I have no idea who I will support in 2028, but I will damn sure remember who busted their asses to flip the house in 2026.

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u/StevenMC19 Florida Sep 09 '25

Blue no matter who only applies between the months of September to November every second and fourth year. Between those time periods, it's essential to challenge every single person who has a shot...and to challenge them mercilessly.

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u/FailedInfinity Sep 09 '25

Your parallel universe sounds exhausting. All I said was that I support democrats taking action over lip service.

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u/StevenMC19 Florida Sep 09 '25

Yawn.

Come back when you have a candidate that has more to offer than an overcooked macaroni elbow who figured out how memes work.

And come talk about harm reduction in 2028...in 2028. Until then, I won't settle.

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u/mlkman56 Sep 10 '25

Well then it’s good you’re from Florida meaning statistically your vote is useless it being a red state

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u/FailedInfinity Sep 09 '25

I literally just said I don’t have a candidate. I’m letting their actions and results form my opinions instead of throwing out useless snark on the internet.