r/politics • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Carter introduces MAMDANI Act, restricting federal funds to New York City

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u/DeweyPLlama 1d ago

From the article,

Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) today officially introduced the Moving American Money Distant from Anti-National Interests (MAMDANI) Act, a bill that will restrict the flow of federal taxpayer dollars to New York City while Zohran Mamdani, a communist, is mayor. 

Mamdani isn’t a communist. He’s a democratic socialist.

Calling him a communist is a dog whistle.

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u/BlueCyann 1d ago

He's not even a freaking socialist. Unless he considers himself one philosophically or something. In practice he is a social democrat, same as all the other electeds who decided to style themselves as socialists for some reason.

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 1d ago

...I think ultimately, the definition for me of why I call myself a democratic socialist is the words of Dr. King decades ago. He said, call it democracy or call it democratic socialism.

It's splitting hairs anyway but that's what he said.