Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are doing incalculable damage to Democratic party unity by not enforcing their party’s candidate for NYC mayor.
It doesn’t even matter at this point if Mamdami loses – any call by either “leader” for party unity will be met with “you didn’t endorse Mamdami, why should we endorse your pick” by anyone to their left, forever.
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are doing incalculable damage to Democratic party unity
This. And they’ve been saying the quiet parts out loud for a substantial period of time.
Their jobs aren’t to win elections or support the mandate of their voters: their jobs are to keep the party pro-zionist and pro-billionaire. The problem? Democrats can’t win elections as a pro-billionaire pro-zionist party.
Especially true for the two of them, who in addition to being New Yorkers are part of leadership, which would be great for unifying both sides of the party. I’m half surprised Chuck hasn’t endorsed Cuomo at this point in a ‘return to normalcy’ or some nonsense.
The dems are not a monolith nor a cult. People can and should be able to endorse whoever they want, that freedom of choice is essential in a democracy.
Just like it’s your freedom to note those who don’t endorse Mamdani and vote against them.
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are doing incalculable damage to Democratic party unity by not enforcing their party’s candidate for NYC mayor.
It doesn’t even matter at this point if Mamdami loses – any call by either “leader” for party unity will be met with “you didn’t endorse Mamdami, why should we endorse your pick” by anyone to their left, forever.
They just need to step down.
This. And they’ve been saying the quiet parts out loud for a substantial period of time.
Their jobs aren’t to win elections or support the mandate of their voters: their jobs are to keep the party pro-zionist and pro-billionaire. The problem? Democrats can’t win elections as a pro-billionaire pro-zionist party.
Their jobs are to lose elections so the Democrats can keep fundraising. It’s a feature, not a bug
Especially true for the two of them, who in addition to being New Yorkers are part of leadership, which would be great for unifying both sides of the party. I’m half surprised Chuck hasn’t endorsed Cuomo at this point in a ‘return to normalcy’ or some nonsense.
He probably did it just took him 30 minutes to spit it out so nobody clued in. /s
They are doing damage from your POV but maybe they are doing what is expected from them (keeping the status quo).
No status quo is being kept regardless of what these fossils do.
The winds of change are blowing through the country: hot, stinky change.
The dems are not a monolith nor a cult. People can and should be able to endorse whoever they want, that freedom of choice is essential in a democracy.
Just like it’s your freedom to note those who don’t endorse Mamdani and vote against them.
Party leaders should support the primary winners of their fucking party.
If Cuomo had won and they backed Mamdani, would you still be saying this?
If Mamdani was running as a third party spoiler candidate? Absolutely.
If Schumer and Jeffries want to endorse whomever they want, they can resign their positions as party leadership.
Oh, please. They’re political animals with political motives. Don’t elevate them to some high minded principle.