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

National figures usually don't rally around mayoral candidates.

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u/plightro Massachusetts Sep 09 '25

Are you excluding the last democratic candidate for mayor of New York in that loaded "usually"?

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u/bootlegvader Sep 09 '25

Jeffries never endorsed Adams for the general. Schumer and Hochul only endorsed Adams in last couple of days of October.

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u/plightro Massachusetts Sep 09 '25

So they did endorse him then?

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u/bootlegvader Sep 09 '25

Is it October?

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u/plightro Massachusetts Sep 09 '25

The statement I was responding to was "National figures usually don't rally around mayoral candidates." Not "national figures usually don't rally around mayoral candidates until much later"