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Mayor says progressive peers who swept primaries speak to Americans ācoast to coastā as moderates have reservations
Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, said on Sunday that he and a slew of democratic socialist allies who prevailed in recent primary elections are carrying a ānational messageā to struggling working Americans hungry for a new kind of politics ācoast to coastā.
Mamdani made that triumphant clarion call on ABC Newsās This Week just five days after he had seen his endorsed candidates win Democratic nominations in three races for New York congressional seats, as well as for five state legislature positions in Albany. He made no effort to disguise his delight that his clean sweep marks a dramatic shift in Democratic politics ā not just in New York City, which he has led since January, but also across the US.
He said that collectively they were carrying a āNew Deal understandingā of Democratic politics to Congress and on to the ānational stageā. It spoke, he said, to Americans feeling exhaustion at struggling to make ends meet āevery single dayā.
In a utopia, sure. This isnāt that. This is people voting for things they donāt understand because someone told them to.
That is so bass ackwards itās not even funny.
If it were a utopia, why would people vote against the status quo? That wouldnāt make any sense. Itās already a utopia, why would you want to change that?
As things are now, the status quo is failing millions of people nationwide. People are hungry for change. Why would they not vote for something different?
And youāre assuming they donāt understand democratic socialism. Maybe they do, and thatās why they chose to vote for it.
It seems like you donāt understand it and youāre just projecting.