Former President Barack Obama told Zohran Mamdani “your campaign has been impressive to watch,” and suggested that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani’s success beyond the election.
Former President Barack Obama called New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Saturday, praising his campaign and offering to be a “sounding board” into the future.
The private, roughly 30-minute phone call, which has not previously been reported, was described by two people who participated or were briefed immediately on what had been said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private conversation.
Mr. Obama said that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani’s success beyond the election on Tuesday. They talked about the challenges of staffing a new administration and building an apparatus capable of delivering on Mr. Mamdani’s agenda of affordability in the city, the people said.
But Obama hasn’t done and said every single thing exactly as I would have for the past ten years so I’ve decided he’s exactly as bad as the fascists and I will badmouth him no matter what he does for the rest of eternity because I am pure left, unlike literally all the people on the left who are in a position to do anything about the fascists!
I understand where you’re coming from, but Obama is not left, at all.
Calm down buddy. No one is saying that and you are obsessed, get some help.