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Democrats now openly attack Mamdani
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Ffs. That’s not the case.
If you think someone saying “he doesn’t have a plan” is slander, you might want to stay the hell away from politics.
This wasn’t FPTP, it’s NYC and yes there’s a Jewish component to the race, and yeah he’s young and inexperienced. All of those are valid, legitimate concerns regarding a political election.
Unfortunately for them, the primary is over and they already lost. So no, they don’t have to blindly believe Mamdani is going to win in a lanslide, but they should at least act like it. I think we’re looking at a mayoral race through a presidential-election lens.
Slander though? No.
Saying he is not a fitting candidate is not slander?
This is libel rather than slander, since it is written and not verbal. But even then, it's not libel either. To be libel (or slander) against a public figure, it has to be factually untrue and Patterson would have to either know that it was untrue or act with disregard for the truth. He's allowed to state his opinion - which he clearly stated as his opinion - that Mamdani isn't a good fit for the position. We can think that Patterson is wrong about that, but he's only wrong (and, in my opinion, strategically foolish), not libellous
Okay great definition. Now read the Governors statement again.
Did Mamdani 'not have a plan' or does he back up all his funding claims with plans?