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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections.

Asked if Mamdani’s endorsements were making him “enemies” with Democrats in Washington, D.C., Jeffries told CNN that he and Mamdani “strongly” disagreed over his primary picks ahead of Election Day.

Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”

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[-] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 1 points 13 hours ago

🔥💥Zohran the Destroyer💥🔥

I'm here for it!

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 51 points 2 days ago

Mamdani doesn't have to smooth things over with anybody.

Also, it's pretty silly that Jeffries would say he needs to have conversations with "members of congress," seeing as those people lost, so they won't be members of congress for very much longer.

Also, he's the mayor of NYC, what the fuck does Congress have to say about anything he does?

Jeffries is acting like his own picks are the word of god and isn't taking responsibility for the fact that he's a milquetoast centrist who accepts AIPAC money and that the voters don't like his picks.

Maybe if Mamdani's picks are the ones who won the primaries then that just means Mamdani is more in touch with the average democratic voter. Maybe Mamdani should be the house minority leader, eh?

Mamdani isn't the one who has to explain himself.

[-] SalmonTractor@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago

Federal Democrats are just the other side of a corrupt oligarch coin. Of course they are scared.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago

It's not as simple as that. Many are, yes, but there's also the progressive caucus and many who refuse to compromise on their integrity. AOC, Raskin, and many others.

Conversely, as someone already pointed out, there are also corrupt, corporatist state Dems, and probably even local ones too. It's not the level of government that makes the corruption, it's the sources of funding and how those influence their voting record.

Are they primarily funded by small donors and grassroots effort, or large donors and shadowy PACs? Do they serve their constituents or the oligarchy? These are the indicators we should focus on, not whether they're state, local, or federal.

The problem with the Democratic Party establishment is that it's run by milquetoast, centrist, corporatist Dems who in any sane country would be considered center-right. There are plenty of disruptors within that party and they're gaining a lot of momentum and influence, but they just haven't risen to the echelons of Democrat leadership yet. I think they will within our lifetimes, if we can pull our democracy out of this death spiral with the constitutional order still intact.

Honestly, I think the silver lining to all that's happening now is that it's really spurring people towards the progressives. And as people continue to see in larger numbers that progressive policy works (as in, it actually helps ordinary people and also as in it's an electable platform), I think that momentum will become unstoppable.

I don't want to jinx anything but within the next few election cycles I think we're going to start seeing the progressive caucus really start to increase their influence and eventually claim a majority within the Democratic Party.

And hopefully that happens as the Republican party continues to fracture and shoot itself in the feet repeatedly as their ship sinks faster and faster, because all they know how to do is subvert, slander, lie, and manipulate, and people are catching on.

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[-] 7101334@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

...and many state-level too, like Gavin Newsom and Scott Wiener. (As a Californian I am compelled to work "Fuck Newsom" into as many comments as possible.)

[-] SalmonTractor@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago

Commendable!

[-] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

"TOP Democrat" Needs to realign himself to the new political reality that being "republican light" is only going to lose them votes and seats.

The PEOPLE want better!

Mandami and the Democratic Socialists are what people will actually come out and actually vote for. Jeffries needs to get his ass on the train or get left behind.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Jeffries needs to get his ass on the train or get left behind.

He's not invited on the train. He should be tied to the tracks.

[-] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 64 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”

More like establishment Dems are scared they'll finally have to do work at all. Why don't you write a strongly worded letter to Mamdani? Or is that too harsh an action given that's the same level of opposition you've had against Trump?

[-] spacegoat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

If Jeffers gave one single fuck about America he’d step down

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Mr Jeffries,

I am appalled that you, or any Democrats, think that you get to pick who it is that we, the people, vote for. You are a representative for us. You need to smooth things over with the American people because these others were voted in not because Mamdani is a cult of personality, but because they are doing and saying things the people like and want.

When you and the party can do something successfully, such as codify LGBTQ rights (I.e., gay marriage, trans rights, etc), eliminate corporate government influence, ensure proper health care, and a laundry list of other things then maybe we can take you and your “preferred choices” seriously. Until then, watch change happen from the people that actually have to be in the trenches dealing with all of the American government’s fuckery. Please sit down, kindly shut up, and do your job of representing the people’s needs and not presenting your next potential colleague.

Sincerely,

An American Voter in Illinois

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[-] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What work to do? He's mayor of NYC, he doesn't need to explain shit to jefferies or any other national congressperson.

[-] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago

Jeffries is a dead man walking. I hope his ass gets primaried in the future.

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 387 points 3 days ago
[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 114 points 3 days ago

This may be the best gif ever made

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[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Jeffries should apologize to Mamdani and the People of New York.

[-] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago

Hey Jeffy, get fucked.

[-] redsand@infosec.pub 33 points 2 days ago

Jeffries and Booker are whores. AIPAC owned whores who would 100% pull a Clarence Thomas for enough money.

[-] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago

Ah yes the house Democrats known for their fervor, backbone and hard fought results.

You can't even threaten an enemy properly and you are gonna threaten a fellow Democrat? Fuckin traitors. And they would be dealt with accordingly.

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[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Jeffries is fucking garbage.

[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 245 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

DNC leadership is pathetic. They have the most popular political leader in the country standing right alongside them and they can't even support the guy, all because they lack the spine to tell their Israeli paylords to suck nut. Fucking corpo leech cowards.

[-] neatchee@piefed.social 120 points 3 days ago

They're not cowards. They know exactly what they're doing. Mamdani doesn't play ball with their established process. He is a threat to their paychecks and control. Mamdani just indicated to all of them "You might be the next one to lose your job if I decide I want someone else in your district".

They are not cowards. They are strategists prioritizing their own wants above that of the voters and human decency

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[-] fira@lemmy.today 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fuck the DNC. #MamdaniForPresident

Luigi President, Mandani can be governor of NY state, as hes not US born.

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[-] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 2 days ago

congress serves the people, not their dem friends. The People

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[-] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

U mad, bro?

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

How long did Jeffries wait to endorse Mamdani as the NYC mayoral candidate?

Maybe it stings that Mamdani's successes so far have come despite support from Democrat leadership. Just shows what taking your job as a public servant seriously can do.

[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

And what the fuck is the democratic establishments plan to fix our problems?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Compromise on everything. Go in stating a desire to compromise so republicans know they mean it. Hell, compromising before they even start talking to really show how serious they are.

[-] MisterD@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Take donations from billionaires

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The idiot centrists should be the ones patching things up over their epicly failed leadership, lack of a platform for their voters, unwillingness to chase epstein pedophiles, and genocide support.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 days ago

Funny how centrists don't appear to be jumping at the chance to find "common ground" with actual progressive politicians.

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[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 51 points 2 days ago

Oh how fucking adorable that Jeffries thinks Mamdani answers to him.

[-] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 112 points 3 days ago

he has to apologize for being aligned with what voters want? isn't that, as political scientists call it, the whole fucking point of democracy?

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[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If Jeffries is annoyed with you, you probably did something right. If your incumbents are just there to tow the party line, kiss corporate ass, kiss Netanyahu's ass, and give, at most, flaccid resistance to the Republican agenda before bending to their will, they deserve to lose their seats. The few progressives we have need more numbers. I'll happily sacrifice a few milquetoast party dems for progressives with a backbone and an agenda for change.

[-] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

The absolute best thing that could happen to the Democratic Party would be for Mamdani to become the Boogeyman, the new Pelosi or Hillary Clinton.

He needs to be the one person that Fox News slanders daily, who every Republican child grows up learning to reflexively identify as the Liberal Villain.

Whe? Because he's a man and having a man as that target instead of a woman (AOC etc) should be worth 3-4 points in every election. We use their sexism against them, and we use his religion to honey-pot these fascist halfwits into making Mamdani the public face of the party.

So yeah, this fight with Jeffries? HUGE WIN for Mamdani. He probably gained more power today than he gained when he took office.

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[-] AlSweigart@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

Vote blue no matter who, Jeffries.

[-] protist@retrofed.com 48 points 2 days ago

I just wrote letters to both Jeffries and Schumer telling both of them to throw their full support behind the candidates who won or resign

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[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh where's that big tent at guys?

Well, its right here in my pants after seeing those awesome primary results.

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