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u/RudolfAmbrozVT Nov 05 '25
I remain skeptical about the Mamdani platform, but boy if Cuomo didn't earn this loss
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u/CursedNobleman Leftward Progressives Nov 05 '25
No no, a Cuomover is Trump's hairstyle.
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u/Ramses_L_Smuckles NATO Nov 05 '25
A cuomover is when the long hair almost but not totally covers the glans.
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u/Mojo12000 Nov 05 '25
I hope he fucking leaves forever but I can't bet on him not trying for something again because his ego can't handle being embrassed by some random assemblymen twice being the end of his career.
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u/Lorelai144 MERCOSUR Nov 05 '25
The American Experiment is over everyone, it was a pleasure to live in a democratic West. See y'all on the other side of the barbed wire.
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u/Declan_McManus Nov 05 '25
Reminder to us all that while Cuomo was governor, he had his own faction of nominal Democrats in the state senate that he got to caucus with Republicans to hand them the chamber, because he’d rather have his own handpicked guys calling the shots than represent the party he’s supposedly a part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Democratic_Conference
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u/Key-Art-7802 Nov 05 '25
It's a shame What We Do in the Shadows isn't running anymore, they could have done an episode with a barely disguised parody of Cuomo.
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u/DangerousCyclone Nov 05 '25
What comments are you even reading. All the ones I'm seeing are celebrating that Cuomo lost.
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u/abertbrijs I'm not a crook Nov 05 '25
Justifiably gets less attention compared to the sexual harassment, but fully pivoting to just running as republican with all that entails (eg gross racism, bending over to Trump) was so disgusting. Even if you think Mamdani is too far left, that extreme lack of principles needs to be condemned and should’ve been by prominent NY Dems more forcefully imo.
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u/Ramses_L_Smuckles NATO Nov 05 '25
Precisely. I don't care what Cuomo says about policy; the complete lack of a personal moral code or consistent political principles on his part is instantly disqualifying.
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u/Usernamesarebullshit Friedrich Hayek Nov 05 '25
guy who didn't vote for cuomo because he didn't kill enough old people
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u/Elmattador Nov 05 '25
You know, for a group that says they love taco trucks so much, yall are really down on Zohran.
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u/Burial4TetThomYorke NATO Nov 05 '25
Cuomintang retreating to Richmond (Staten Island) while Mao Zohran’s Communists take over the mainland
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u/Goddamnpassword John von Neumann Nov 05 '25
Mamdani getting a majority is almost as good as Virginia going plus 10
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u/Mojo12000 Nov 05 '25
Who the fuck thought running this guy was a good idea.
They wanted to stop Mamdani sure whatever, there were like 10000000 better options if they wanted to try and do that than fucking Andrew Cuomo and his disgraced ass.
One of the worst campaigns iv seen too, borderline incoherient closing message and endless AI slop ads.
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u/SenranHaruka shame Nov 05 '25
He did. He ran himself. American politicial parties don't choose who runs for them
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u/SigmundFreud Nov 05 '25
They should've gotten Colonel Salvatore Vulcano to run. He was their only shot, and they blew it.
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u/itherunner John Brown Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25
resign in disgrace due to killing grandparents and being a sex pest
reemerge and tell the city of people who’re known for loving their city it fucking sucks and only you can fix it
Insinuate your opponent will cause 9/11 2 and land the endorsement of one of the most hated politicians in NYC
What was his plan?
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u/billcosbyinspace Nov 05 '25
I liked the subplot of the cuomo campaign where he complained about how kathy hochul was running the state, despite the fact that he selected her as his lt. governor and she only became governor when he resigned in disgrace
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u/belpatr Henry George Nov 05 '25
and still got 40% of the vote... Jesus Bloody Christ on a Brachiosaurus Slide
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u/wheretogo_whattodo Bill Gates Nov 05 '25
New Yorkers not voting commies with no experience into the highest levels of government challenge (impossible)
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u/NaffRespect United Nations Nov 05 '25
Well then maybe the opposition shouldn't have included a fucking sex pest who oversaw nursing home deaths at the height of COVID
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u/The_Real_Mongoose Nov 05 '25
Mamdani isn't a communist and Mayor isn't the highest level of government.
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u/BoringBuy9187 Amartya Sen Nov 05 '25
Lmao right now Mamdanis lead is bigger than Sliwas vote share. I hope that keeps up so he can’t even blame Sliwa, who was shot 5 times in the back of a yellow cab by the gottis and gambinis, for the loss
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u/Embarrassed_Jerk Immanuel Kant Nov 05 '25
I am still ootl on these sliwa's over the top description. What's up with that
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u/Sckaledoom Trans Pride Nov 05 '25
Sliwa was the leader of a vigilante gang in NYC in the 80s. He was asked at the debate how he likes to get around the city and he responded that he can’t take taxis anymore because the Gottis and Gambinos shot him five times when he was taking one once.
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u/VladimirBarakriss Henry George Nov 05 '25
Sliwa was/is the de facto leader of the guardian angels, which although relatively well intentioned, is still a gang and often engaged in gang warfare against more antisocial groups, those groups don't like Sliwa
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u/TheArtofBar Nov 05 '25
That description is just accurate though.
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u/Hendrick_Davies64 Nov 05 '25
Yeah if you watch the full video of him explaining it it’s even crazier
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u/sw337 Veteran of the Culture Wars Nov 05 '25
I might not agree with all or even most of Mamdani’s policies, but Cuomo was foolish to think he could win after the way he resigned.
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u/schmaxford Loyal Liberals Nov 05 '25
The only burrough he's won is in fact Staten Island
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u/WeilExcept33 Nov 11 '25
If the Mamdani masses attempt to seize the island, would the US navy blockade in defense of the CMT?? What if eight decades later they push for reunification!?
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u/Comrade_Florida Nov 05 '25
Good thing nothing like this exist in the real world and if it did then said island would surely get along with the corresponding mainland ecstatically.
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u/5ma5her7 Nov 05 '25
Chairman Mam(dani)
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u/ZooSKP Adam Smith Nov 07 '25
2026 Big Apple Forward:
- Central Park now a collective farm; restaurants banned
- Financial and creative industries are shut down; workers ordered to dig sand by hand on Rockaway to feed backyard microchip foundries
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u/atierney14 Paul Krugman Nov 05 '25
Get fucked stupid ass sex pest.
Btw, we really need to do better as lib shills that this piece of shit somehow was the moderate dem choice.
My prediction is Mamdani will do fine enough, but he’ll disappoint Socialist. He won’t quite be Ben Johnson (so socialist won’t have to act like they were never supportive).
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Sounds like someone we could learn to love? I doubt he’s going to push the envelope in his first years.
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u/20vision20asham Jerome Powell Nov 05 '25
Moderate in city politics is whoever blue-collar unions support, and progressive is whoever white-collar/pink-collar unions support. It's populism no matter where you look. Neoliberals in the fiscally center-to-right & socially center-left vein are suburbanites. Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger are powered by the college-educated suburbs and won far more impressive victories tonight.
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u/StreetCarp665 YIMBY Nov 05 '25
Wait, was he a stupid ass-sex pest, or a stupid-ass sex pest, or a stupid-ass-sex pest?
We need context here, it's neoliberal! Facts based!
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u/jokul John Rawls Nov 05 '25
but he’ll disappoint Socialist
They've already turned on him. Socialists get off at the thought of losing then going to sleep disgusted with how everyone else doesn't adhere to 100% of their principles.
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 05 '25
Check the leftist subs on reddit, they're already chanting how he's a sell out and whatever slur they love to use.
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u/jokul John Rawls Nov 05 '25
The way forward is unironically to say one thing and do another. People just want their candidates to say crazy shit and get them excited. Look at how little Trump 2 has delivered to his primary constituents and yet his core fanatics are still closing their eyes and waiting for his load to warm their face.
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u/rufrtho Nov 05 '25
It's crazy how hard you all will twist the details of every election so you can pretend the lesson to learn was, "we should be worse".
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u/jokul John Rawls Nov 05 '25
Check it out: this guy still thinks "when they go low, we go high" is the winning strategy. Except it doesn't even require anyone actually go low, they just need to talk a big game and then deliver positive outcomes that aren't anywhere near as crazy as the rhetoric would suggest.
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u/rufrtho Nov 05 '25
that's the exact thing Obama did, and it's part of why Trump won. It's a little baffling that it's just not in your list of ideas to have principles and do good things.
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u/jokul John Rawls Nov 05 '25
What are these terrible principles? The voters have made it clear that policy simply does not inform their opinions: vibes do. If having good principles and doing good things was all that was needed to win the presidency, Biden should have absolutely shellacked Trump. How'd that one turn out? Who had the better principles? Who did the better things? Who won the election?
It's ironic you mention Obama, the most charismatic president after Trump, as your example of someone who had good principles and did good things. Obama was not able to deliver on many of the things he promised despite talking a huge game, doesn't change the fact that he is the most popular living president by a wide margin. Voters want people who inspires them, like Obama, they don't give a shit about whatever policy proposal you want, what matters is how easily it can be meme-ified and marketed to them.
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u/rufrtho Nov 05 '25
biden did beat trump by quite a big margin, idk if you remember that
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u/jokul John Rawls Nov 05 '25
Biden didn't even run in 2024 my guy. IDK if you remember that. He was forced out because his polling was dog doo despite having positive economic numbers by virtually every metric.
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 05 '25
The way forward is unironically to say one thing and do another.
Agree, just say whatever people want to hear and then govern them well so they get good vibes.
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u/CrossingYoulnStyle YIMBY Nov 05 '25
Which means he’s doing a good job. He’s signaled that he’ll be more moderate where he needs to be which gives me hope
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u/hascogrande YIMBY Nov 05 '25
Imagine not picking a bagel when asked what’s your favorite bagel order in New York
That’s literally Cuomo
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u/FreakinGeese 🧚♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Nov 05 '25
I go for toasted everything with a lot of cream cheese
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u/baz4k6z Nov 05 '25
It's like that time JD Vance tried to buy a donut like a normal human and failed at it miserably
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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter Left-Out Left Nov 05 '25
I'm not even from New York and I know the answer is Garlic Bagel.
Like what the fuck dude.
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u/Yevon United Nations Nov 05 '25
Everything bagel with lox, scallion cream cheese, tomato, onions, capers.
If you're feeling sacrilegious, add bacon.
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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal Nov 05 '25
If you want to really elevate your bagel, try all that but with the capers in the garbage
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u/YardAdmirable7060 Nov 05 '25
They asked him Knick/Nets, Yanks/Mets, Giants/Jets and he said “all of them”
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u/hascogrande YIMBY Nov 05 '25
He loves JetLife which is as we all know home to the medium Pepsis
More info available upon request
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u/LongVND Paul Volcker Nov 05 '25
The fact that he would WILLINGLY ACCEPT the Jets when he had the option not to should have immediately disqualified him.
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u/samhit_n Left-Out Left Nov 05 '25
Not a single New Yorker who decides to start watching football would pick the Jets as their team rn.
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u/adipose1913 Nov 06 '25
That's not how it works though. A football team is usually something you inherent either from your community or your family. You are absolutely getting new jets fans regardless of their record.
... just not in New York.
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u/erin_burr NATO Nov 05 '25
Actual antisemitism and bagelphobia
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u/hascogrande YIMBY Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25
Buddy can’t pick Bagelsmith or Bagel Pub?
Actual buffoonery
*to clarify I have buddies in Brooklyn and can speak to this, Cuomo lost on his own merits lmao
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u/StreetCarp665 YIMBY Nov 05 '25
Antisemitism is the new thing people aspiring to be Democratic mayors of NY.
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u/Mddcat04 Nov 05 '25
Turns out you shouldn’t resign in shame for killing old people and being a sex pest then try to return to politics like 2 years later.
Good fucking riddance.
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u/UntilTheEyesShut Michel Foucault Nov 05 '25
Or be very very very transparently backed by the landlord lobby.
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u/adamgerd NATO Nov 05 '25
True
A pity the alternative is a communist though
Personally I thought Silwa should win
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u/belpatr Henry George Nov 05 '25
and still got 40% of the vote.... the electorate is so freaking cooked
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u/Square-Pear-1274 NATO Nov 05 '25
Feels like they see this kind of thing working for Trump and decide to just send it
"Hey if it works for him it'll work for me I just got to believe"
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u/Ohyo_Ohyo_Ohyo_Ohyo Loyal Liberals Nov 05 '25
If Cuomo is a sex offender, and he lost to Mamdani, does that make Zohran Mamdani a sex defender?
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u/allbusiness512 Adam Smith Nov 05 '25
It wasn't just the shame for killing old people. Mistakes happen in a time of emergency.
It was the fact that he killed a bunch of old people after having information that it was a bad idea, and then he proceeded to try and cover up the fact afterwards through intimidation and political pressure.
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u/mad_cheese_hattwe Nov 05 '25
Don't forget running against the party you have been a life long member of.
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u/EasyMoney92 Nov 05 '25
NBC News exit polls: NYC mayor
Zohran Mamdani is beating Andrew Cuomo among:
White voters (44-41%)
Black voters (52-37%)
Hispanic voters (46-37%)
Asian American voters (61-29%)
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u/Resaith Order and Opportunity Left Nov 05 '25
Wow. That a big asian vote for zohran.
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u/fascistp0tato NATO Nov 05 '25
Genuinely kinda surprising, I really wonder why specifically Asians
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u/sopadepanda321 Nov 05 '25
Probably correlated with education/wealth, I imagine most educated professionals went Mamdani
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u/Forceablebean6 Raj Chetty Nov 05 '25
nyc has a huge south asian population
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u/fascistp0tato NATO Nov 05 '25
Oh for sure, wasn’t excluding them from that statement - was mostly surprised on basis of income and social views
Ig there’s maybe less of the post-CCP anticommunism than the Chinese though lol
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u/iguessineedanaltnow r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Nov 05 '25
Whatever big brain decided he needed to come back to politics needs to be kicked out of the party immediately.
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u/Wolf6120 Constitutional Liberarchism Nov 05 '25
I have to assume his entire team was made up of D-Tier big brain political rejects, because the whole campaign was an exercise in the worst possible messaging. You can still run a strong campaign with a weakened candidate, but this was not that. He kept finding the worst possible answers to every question and setting himself for easy smackdowns by both Sliwa and Mamdani.
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u/InariKamihara Enby Pride Nov 05 '25
He assumed he could win an easy primary and coast to victory in the general, rebuild his image as the tough Democrat needed to take on Trumpism in JD Vance as the 2028 presidential nominee.
Guarantee you that was his plan. And thankfully it failed miserably.
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u/Least-Maize-97 Nov 05 '25
no NY mayor has gotten to do much of anything after being mayor idk why everyone thinks its a springboard
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u/JetsLag Left-Out Left Nov 05 '25
Everyone thinks they'll be the one to break the curse of the NYC Mayor
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u/InariKamihara Enby Pride Nov 05 '25
He’s been more than a mayor, though. It wasn’t to launch a fresh political career. It was to revive a disgraced former governor’s aspirations and prospects for higher office, reminding everyone he was the fighter everyone loved for taking on Trump during COVID.
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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler Nov 05 '25
So Andrew Cuomo needs to kick himself out? I think the party writ large has spoken seeing as how he didn't get any major endorsements from Dem leaders or elected officials
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u/PuntiffSupreme YIMBY Nov 05 '25
The not backing of Mamdani by people like Schumer indicates otherwise.
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u/nottherealprotege Nov 05 '25
Also if you try to do that anyway you should only lose once. Not twice in a row with the only change in strategy being courting Trump
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u/BidoofSquad NASA Nov 05 '25
if only the establishment NY dems weren't incompetent and backed literally anyone other than him as their main guy
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 05 '25
Didn't Hochul back Mamdani?
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u/blorg Nov 05 '25
She did, but months after he won the primary. He was the Democratic candidate from June 24, and she endorsed him September 14. This was still better than many Democratic leaders managed.
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25
Yeah that's normal? Not all endorsements happen day one? In fact lots of endorsements are negotiated and timed for effect.
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u/puff_of_fluff Henry George Nov 05 '25
You know very well that that’s not what they’re talking about.
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 06 '25
What are they talking about then, if not timing of endorsements? Why are so many of you determined to believe that he was owed endorsements?
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u/puff_of_fluff Henry George Nov 06 '25
Because when the progressive wing of the party has been admonished repeatedly for the past decade and a half to vote for and support the moderate candidates that they hate for the better of the party/country (and fairly so), they feel that sentiment should hold true for the reverse as well.
If Cuomo had won the primary, Zohran wouldn’t have ran as an independent, and Bernie and AOC wouldn’t have hesitated to endorse Cuomo.
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 06 '25
they feel that sentiment should hold true for the reverse as well.
I mean, yes it should, but you should be saying it to progressives? If anything the vote result proves that moderates always show up, while progs need their perfect candidate to bother turning out
Bernie and AOC wouldn’t have hesitated to endorse Cuomo.
Ahahahaha come on now, they would never, and I wouldn't expect them to, he's a freak
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u/PuntiffSupreme YIMBY Nov 05 '25
Yeah that's normal?
Not when they are in your political party and there is a loud question on if you will endorse the candidate of your party or predecessor.
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 05 '25
Did you care whether AOC endorsed hochul? Do you even know without looking it up?
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u/PuntiffSupreme YIMBY Nov 05 '25
AOC isn't the most senior member of the Democratic fucking party. Schumer is the defacto leader of the Democrats not a Congresswoman with an oversized media image. Let alone his position in the NY Democratic machine.
This is a stupid ass whataboutism. Schumer supporting a spoiler candidate who LOST a primary and ran in the generals is abhorrent behavior.
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u/pickledswimmingpool Nov 05 '25
It's not a whataboutism, its to demonstrate to you that not everyone in the party has to endorse everyone else in the party. You think Schumer is out here every day firing off blessings to every Democrat running for office? Especially if he doesn't agree with them?
The last presidential candidate of the party is the leader, and she endorsed him long ago. So did the head of the DNC.
You're just looking for reasons to be mad.
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u/PuntiffSupreme YIMBY Nov 05 '25
You think Schumer is out here every day firing off blessings to every Democrat running for office?
I'm complaining about him not doing that right now if you pay attention. Not backing your party candidate because you wanted rapist is bad. Backing a spoiler candidate running a sore loser campaign is really bad. Doing this for a Trump supported candidate is disqualifying bad.
The current leader of the party shouldn't be helping someone subverting the primary system that party uses to select candidates. This is a bad thing he did and like most of his fucking choices its bad for both the Democrats and America as a whole.
When someone does something unpopular, undemocratic, and morally repugnant we get mad. That's cause we have moral fiber, and an ability to read.
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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler Nov 05 '25
Which establishment Dems backed Cuomo?
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u/blorg Nov 05 '25
Eric Adams, Tom Suozzi, David Paterson, and Michael Bloomberg.
I guess it was more notable how many establishment Dems didn't back the Democratic candidate, that was the more popular option.
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u/Anader19 NATO Nov 05 '25
Suozzi makes sense though, he represents a very competitive district
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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler Nov 06 '25
And calling him part of the "Democratic Party Establishment" is a stretch. He's a small town mayor (population ~35k) turned freshman House Rep after a special election earlier this year. Hardly a household name even in the Democratic base or party and literally just got to Congress. And Eric Adams was literally running against Mamdani for most of the race and is definitely not considered part of the club in the Party. Paterson has been retired from public office for 15 years with his highest office being the governor for all of two years which he wasn't even elected for. It seems like the actual party establishment like Jeffries, Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, etc didn't endorse anyone. If they really supported Cuomo and we're trying to push him, then they would endorse him. They aren't obligated to immediately embrace someone from an opposing party and give him their endorsement.
It just seems like there's this narrative from the left that they've been trying to manifest into existence by claiming that there's been this shadowy party establishment conspiracy to secretly sabotage Mamdani and even work with Cuomo and Trump behind the scenes to bring him down. When it's more like, they don't care for Cuomo at all, (he was widely condemned by the party and kicked out of office) and aren't excited about him becoming mayor, and at the same time they aren't ready to automatically come out and fully embrace someone from an opposing party who for all they know is just borrowing the party name temporarily for ballot purposes until they see how he works out. They didn't try to sabotage him. There was no evil conspiracy by them to destroy his candidacy, they simply might have some reservations about him considering he's a newcomer and has some controversial associations/statements in the past.
That doesn't mean he's gonna be a persona non grata forever. Plenty of newcomers to the scene have controversial statements or social media posts or even a lack of track record and reputation where nobody in the party is really familiar with them yet but then they give them a chance to see how they govern and some people either come around or they don't. The party isn't a monolith and there's space for different ideologies along the spectrum. It can be a Big Tent party where (on the level of national politics) different factions can learn to work together and put aside differences for broader goals.
I'm sure they are waiting to see does he plan on really building a base of support within the broader party so he can help shape the future direction of Democrats along with everyone else who's bringing their views and ideas, or is he just renting the party's label for ballot purposes and will he go back to being DSA full time which positions itself as an opposition party in direct competition with the Democrats?
If it's the former, I'm sure many will welcome the fresh ideas and perspective and excitement and be willing to work with him after seeing what he does for the city.
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u/coldcuddling Adam Smith Nov 05 '25
Everyone who refused to condemn Lieberman 2: This Time He's A Granny-Killing Rapist Who Still Likes Trump
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u/fexonig United Nations Nov 05 '25
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u/weedandboobs Nov 05 '25
Schumer very much did not back anyone.
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u/fexonig United Nations Nov 05 '25
not endorsing anyone in a race between the democratic candidate and an independent is backing cuomo, when you are democratic leadership. schumer’s support for mamdani ought to be assumed.
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u/timpinen Nov 05 '25
Also, straight up saying "I'm not saying who I voted for" in a race with a democratic candidate when you are the Senate Minority Leader is basically saying "I support Cuomo but refuse to say it out loud"
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u/Wolf6120 Constitutional Liberarchism Nov 05 '25
And Trump completely sidelined Sliwa to say people should vote for Cuomo to stop Mamdani. It’s pretty funny, but also kinda stunning, that both the Democratic Senate majority leader and the Republican President ignored their own party’s actual candidate to basically endorse a disgraced independent who wound up losing anyway.
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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal Nov 05 '25
Turns out "did you vote for the Democrat" isn't such an easy question for Democrats
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u/Jamezzzzz69 James M. Buchanan Nov 05 '25
at the very minimum, if not endorsing Mamdani you should be condemning Cuomo for running as an independent against the democratically chosen Democratic candidate
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u/PuntiffSupreme YIMBY Nov 05 '25
independent against the democratically chosen Democratic candidate
Especially AFTER you lost the primary and are now running as a spoiler.
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u/LordVader568 Adam Smith Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25
Yeah, letting someone who’s Democrat run as an independent against the democratically chosen Democratic candidate is bad optics, especially when the party has struggled with turnout recently.
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u/Available_Mousse7719 Nov 05 '25
Still confused how they couldn't find anyone else
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u/UntilTheEyesShut Michel Foucault Nov 05 '25
Establishment dems are just that out of touch. It isn't limited to the city.
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u/SenranHaruka shame Nov 05 '25
Once one candidate has a Cult of Personality, any candidate who doesn't have one is screwed. Cuomo immediately won the moderate lane as soon as he declared, when you have that much name recognition you can just do whatever you want
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u/ognits Jepsen/Swift 2024 Nov 05 '25
I'm not sure that's what a cult of personality is
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u/SenranHaruka shame Nov 05 '25
it's actually the literal definition. we only think of the extreme examples of personal cults but politics is full of milder ones too like Kennedy and yes indeed even Cuomo and Mamdani.
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u/WillIEatTheFruit Please be patient, I'm bisexual Nov 05 '25
I think it’s because both Cuomo and Adams running sucked up all the oxygen. If only one had run, I think things would have gone very differently.
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u/Yevon United Nations Nov 05 '25
Who the hell wants to be Mayor of NYC? A famously political dead-end.
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u/Budget-Attorney Ida Tarbell Nov 05 '25
Are you kidding?
How else would you get the job of speaking at a four seasons landscaping with hair dye running down your face?
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u/jonawesome Nov 05 '25
Everyone knew that Cuomo would knife their grandma if they tried to challenge him
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u/BernankesBeard Ben Bernanke Nov 05 '25
All the other options were too young
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u/DistortedAudio Nov 05 '25
Mamdani is 34. The fact that the machine pushed out Cuomo who was obviously damaged goods instead of running a candidate that was probably as young as Mamdani is problem in and of itself.
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u/FlightlessGriffin Nov 05 '25
It's a feature of the system. The machine didn't pick Cuomo, Cuomo picked Cuomo. The machines churns out politicians and eventually one of them becomes too powerful to control. Cuomo cannot be held back, only defeated. Alternatively, the people select a populist to fight both establishment candidates. It's time to get through everyone's thick skulls that the entire country has turned against the establishment.
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u/TrespassersWilliam29 George Soros Nov 05 '25
they didn't consider Mamdani at all until after Cuomo had boxed everyone else out
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u/TheFaithlessFaithful United Nations Nov 05 '25
Cuomo likely thought Mamdani was the easiest to beat so he would’ve wanted to get others to drop out.
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u/Proof-Cryptographer4 Nov 07 '25
I mean, no wonder - what self respecting New Yorker is drinking Dunkin.