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[-] KnitWit@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

That statement massively undercuts the candidates that he endorsed. Brad Lander has absolutely been putting in the work, and these candidates are all much more than just ‘Mamdani’s candidates.’ Fantastic that he endorsed them, but give credit to the candidates.

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago

Or maybe people prefer candidates who aren't corporate shills, and those get endorsed by Mamdani.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The culture warlords only know tribal identity sportsball politics.

The concept of empathy and supporting kind people does not benefit them financially, therefore it is invalid.

[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

This. Thank you.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yeah, he's just more in touch with the average voter on the left and everyone's tired of milquetoast centrists

[-] GodofLies@lemmy.ca 4 points 20 hours ago

Massive props to their communications/media team. They are hands down the best I've seen so far.

[-] HobbitFoot 5 points 1 day ago

It is interesting how Mamdani has much longer coattails than AOC and that he is participating in primaries almost immediately.

It is a great strategy and I hope it pays off, but it feels like Mamdani is moving the needle a lot more.

[-] justaman123@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

It's cuz he's a man, the patriarchy still calls the shots unfortunately.

[-] themoken@startrek.website 11 points 20 hours ago

Sexism might be an easy answer, but let's not forget that AOC is a rep with a small district, and got around 100k votes. Mamdani represents millions of New Yorkers and curried more than a million votes in his election. Mayor is also a much broader executive position than being one of 438 reps.

Point being, Mamdani's election/position comes with a lot more mandate than AOC's, regardless of gender.

[-] justaman123@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Truly, I wonder how much AOC paved the way for mamdani

[-] themoken@startrek.website 6 points 18 hours ago

AOC had to walk so Mamdani could run. Not only proving DSA candidates were electable, but also that they could actually do the job by being pragmatic (for better or worse).

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