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[-] deddit@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Okay, just hear me out for a second.... I completely agree they should endorse him, but rather than just saying they are irreverent (though this may actually be the case) I would like to know in clear and concise terms WHY they are waiting/failing to endorse the man whom was chosen by the people. I think knowing why they won't endorse him is very relevant to the discussion. Eith

TLDR; their silence is very telling.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

I don't know about the rest of them, though I certainly have my suspicions, but with gillibrand it's very clearly just racism. That interview she gave was extremely telling.

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

It's rich people. The reason is rich people.

[-] visikde@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

Rich is a symptom of reduced empathy
The willingness to exploit systems & labor for fun & profit

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

Every politician will eat shit when they have something that they want

"Rubio apologizes for ‘below the belt’ remarks about Trump’s appearance"

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Yes she's very sorry the mask came off.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Well, and she admitted she was wrong. Publicly. So.

I mean b0tH SiDeZ and all that but still.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh so she’s going to back him now then?

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gillibrand and Mamdani had previously spoken by phone on Wednesday when she congratulated him the day after winning the Democratic mayoral primary.

Mamdani campaign spokesperson Andrew Epstein confirmed the Monday night call, adding that the apology was accepted and the two agreed to “set a path to move forward productively.”

Gillibrand’s readout said the two “discussed the need to bring down the temperature around the issue” of the war between Israel and Hamas, and that she “regretted not separating her own views from the radio show caller’s more clearly.”

“Gillibrand said she believes Mr. Mamdani is sincere when he says he wants to protect all New Yorkers and combat antisemitism,” the readout continued. “She said the GOP attacks on him are outrageous and unacceptable.”

Gillibrand’s team said the pair agreed to meet in person in New York City in the near future to discuss other issues including affordability and public safety.

Mamdani has worked to consolidate support from Democratic Party power players in the last week as he looks ahead to the general election after a heated primary where he was repeatedly attacked for his anti-Israel positions, such as saying the country was committing “genocide” in Gaza. Ranked choice results released Tuesday showed Mamdani growing his lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, winning 56 percent of votes counted.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I read that… but it unfortunately did not answer the question. But they play vague on purpose.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

she isnt sorry said she said that, she sorry she got called out.

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Notice how she apologized for "mischaracterizing" and for her tone? Yeah. Because she know she would do that.

The entire point is to mischaracterize the position and spread racist xenophobia. Why can liberals know exactly what this is when conservatives do it to black people but when racist Zionist do it to brown people they think "well, they apologized by saying 'it wasn't totally accurate'"

Don't believe these people trying to fight progress by trying to appeal to Americans racism and xenophobia. They aren't your allies. They aren't good people. They are trying to keep them and their corrupt friends in power. That's it.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

That's quite a conspiracy theory you got there. Is it not possible she was wrong and then admitted it?

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

It's not a conspiracy theory mate. Republicans do it all the time. Signal racism and then say "oh I didn't mean it like that".

That's all she's done. She just did it with the liberal aesthetic you enjoy.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Disagree. She’s not a republiQan.

She was wrong, she admitted it and apologized and you want to claim that means she’s a racist. You’re wrong.

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think being born during the time of 9/11 has broken your and many Americans brains. Muslim fear mongering and racism is such a fundamental part of America that you can't seem to recognize how insane what she said was.

So much so that a half ass "apology" like she gave is enough for you I guess.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think being born during the time of 9/11 has broken your and many Americans brains.

HAHAhahahaha! GTFO!

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

I'm talking about the normalization of Islamphobia that followed. Racism towards Arabs in this country has reached the point of 1930s Germany and it's antisemitism.

You not easily recognizing it isn't your fault. But you denying it and playing defense for it is absolutely your fault. Do better.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sure thing. You realize you're really, really wrong right? No?

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

You know when you think someone is wrong you should probably provide evidence or reason for WHY you think that?

Just saying "wrong" is what Trump does.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

My first thought is; do these people normally endorse Mayoral candidates?

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

For NYC? Of course they do. Not a small town in Suburbia friend, this is the biggest city in the country. The mayor of New York is more important and more powerful than a good amount of Governors.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

https://ballotpedia.org/Endorsements_by_Chuck_Schumer

I can't say that this list is comprehensive (there are only 4 endorsements) but filtering through Chuck's messages for the last 16 years is too much for me to do for a single comment on Lemmy.

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Honestly, I don't want their endorsement. Fuck em. This party is getting taken over by the left or we're burning it down.

I think they see the inevitable rise of fascism and don't want to get grabbed by Trump's brown shirts. They're liberals that are being scratched and looking for a safe place in the future.

They didn't even do their typical. "Oh we're against the bombing of Iran but because he didn't go through Congress". I literally was waiting to roll my eyes at all their liberal "following procedure for our war crimes" but they even stayed quiet about it mostly.

We had two parties. Fascist and Liberals. Now we just have fascist and Liberals looking for a safe place in the new power structures. They're kind of confused I think. A little caught off guard with how much Trump is following through on actual policy. They're use to both parties lying and giving working class dollars to the rich. The conservatives are no longer playing the game of politics they all use to love that got nothing done.

Fuck the party leaders and most of these shits in Washington. They have no place now. We don't need their endorsement.

We can win with the momentum. We don't need to win power back through votes. We just need to give this countries people enough hope to build class consciousness. Decades can happen it weeks.

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