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Zohran Mamdani, in the New York City mayoral debate: "Free buses would cost $700M. Cuomo gave more—$959M—to Elon Musk for a failed Tesla factory." (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 21 points 11 months ago (8 children)

The dems trying to take him out is evidence that he's real

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  • [–] -4 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    No, it isn't. They did the same with Obama, because at the time it was supposedly Hillary's turn.

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  • [–] 34 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    This strikes me as something written by someone who doesn't clearly remember 2008. After Obama got the nod, Democrats largely cleared the field for him. They didn't spend months talking about how they didn't know who he was, or saying that they couldn't endorse him.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    That's fair.

    I'm thinking before that point. They did everything could to tank his candidacy in the primaries but the voters overwhelmingly rejected Hillary.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Uh, were you around in 2008? That's definitely not what happened. If anything that's what happened to Bernie. Are you confusing Bernie with Obama?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I was referring to the primaries, not the general. There was definitely a sense that it was Hillary's turn and they did their best to keep Obama's popularity from developing into a legitimate candidacy.

    Not that it mattered. Obama was another smooth-talking son of a bitch, just like the rest of them.

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