Zohran Mamdani has won the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, after a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.
Mamdani focused heavily on affordability, pledging to freeze rent, establish city-owned grocery stores and make buses free for riders. He quickly became a progressive icon as well as a polarizing figure within the party over his positions, so much so that it divided prominent New York Democratic leadership over whether to endorse him.
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Hell yeah
Did anyone else read, “Mamdani wins,” in the mortal Kombat voice? Now we just need a cartoon animation of Mamdani ripping Cuomo’s spine from his body.
facebook is going wild. they are circulating an image from (what they propose) is ISIS endorsing zohran for winning. the best comment was “this is like 9/11 again!”
Can you imagine the level of eternal fear that is required to be a conservative?
Just constant, relentless, crushing, completely ridiculously unwarranted fear. At all times. These people are little bitches.
yeah its certainly not healthy for their mental health!
It kind of explains a lot, actually.
The Empire will strike back folks. Brace yourselves and don’t self-congratulate too much, the real fight starts now. Good luck, American friends!
The moment anyone so much as an atom left of center is elected, all the forces and money of the nations ruling class bears down on them to prevent even a baby step of progress.
I’m still surprised he hasn’t been lynched already based on his name alone.
Tbh, that name doesn’t exactly sound that “scary”. Its not really a name that sounds stereotypically “muslim”. If he were arab/from the “middle east”, then someone would’ve used a photo of him next to a bunch of arabic writing and that would actually be a more damaging propaganda. I don’t think Uganda evoke that sort of phobia, I don’t think most people even have an image of Uganda, its just neutral.
The people who take offense from foreign names don’t stop to consider where the name is from, only that it’s not “'murican”
I have a Pinyin Name (romanized from Chinese) and like I always feel so awkward when people ask for my name because I know they can’t literally pronounce it in the original tonal language, its weirder when teachers keep asking me how to say it and idk how to properly answer that since I know its impossible for them (its not done maliciously, I’m sure they’re trying learn, but it just puts me on the spotlight and makes me nervous).
I doubt I could ever run for office under my current name, nobody would be abke to pronounce my name, and I’d get labeled a “communist” immediately since I was born in mainland China.
So I could kinda relate to Mamdani in a way. Its nice to see a foreign-born person being elected.
You could try finding out the international phonetic spelling and offering it to people. Teachers in particular should be fluent in it.
My name is [ˈjustəs] in it, for example.
It is crazy what giving people to vote for something, instead just voting against someone can produce some great results. Mamdani had to take on a class on billionaires and the old DNC leadership he who didn’t want to back him. It is funny af to see Chuck the leader of Dems show vote blue no matter who was fake. He most likely voted for Cuomo.
“It’s crazy what giving people something to cote for versus just something to vote against can do.”
I agree with your sentiment it’s just the sentence broke me.
Someone uttered the words, “Bernie is unelectable”, and everyone jumped ship.
“Trump signs executive order that Cuomo actually won and that Dick Cheney is still alive.”
Lol
Trump seems pretty checked out lately, as expected for someone at the very end of the effective human lifespan who already has everything and anything he wants.
I would just love to be a fly on the wall to witness Stephen Miller’s implosion right now. He’s the sack of maggots and feces wrapped in human skin who has been effectively running the country for the last year or so because he has no qualms about taking Trump to the hilt and has earned the old man’s trust that way. He has no power on his own because he’s not liked and can’t capture even a shred of political capital like Trump has, on some level he knows when this whole thing folds he will be completely shut out of politics and may even face prosecution.
Seeing something like Mamdani happen, as well as the blue wave that just crashed over major cities and states yesterday, is a reminder that his clock is ticking and running out faster than he would have liked. Expect to see some wild missteps from the administration over the next several months as Miller goes on an absolute bender and tries to accelerate all his half-baked nazi plans.
Nice job NYC!
The first thing my conservative acquaintance wrote was “I hope you re ready for another 9-11” because now its coming" They are really scared eh
To be fair, this is a personal 9/11 for every conservative piss baby who lives in an imaginary world where every paranoid delusion they have about Mamdani is real.
Is that a threat?
Did you ask them why they think that would cause it?
That would be because of photos with the Imam Siraj Wahhaj… Who according to conservatives was organizer of the 1993 wtc bombing… but was not indicted or convicted of anything related to it.
So in conservative brain damaged logic, Giuliani was a Muslim, Socialist Democrat somehow responsible for 9/11.
You need better acquaintances.
This was my comparable train of thought… Giuliana was elected so 9-11 could happen! He is fully responsible no? /s
Yet conservatives get mad about Kirk jokes and wonder why they get kicked off platforms.
Or just jail them even when quoting their supreme pedo leader.
(Probably not the best source link but a quick search will surely find more)
Billionaire will = thwarted
Billionaire funding = wasted
We have a long slog ahead of us. But today was a good day.
Whatever happens, everything he does, whether objectively good or bad is going to be both, praised and criticized. there will be sensationlist headlines and lies for both sides, and it’ll force us to dig deeper every time to find out the real truth. Conclusions will be made about his decisions before any results are even seen, do dont be quick to judge. I think we will need to really wait before we see how his policies really affect everything… thats all to say, god bless mamdani and his decision making ability, and bless those around him supporting him. Amen
You won’t see “both sides”, the billionaires own 99% of politicians and media in the US, it’s all from their perspective.
If youre not seeing both sides, open your eyes a bit wider. And dont start assuming the party you like is more trustworthy than the other. Im pretty sure its lying politicians all the way up and all around. Its unfortunate human behavior that we like to put people on pedestals when they certainly dont deserve it…
About your comment though, more people need critical thinking when consider the original source of information.
Happy to see the Cuomo campaign fail and waste all that $$$ in the process. Fuck him
Welp time to see Trump flail his arms and cry like the man child he is
His diapers are gonna be ground zero all day today
Trump: Ha, that’s my secret Mr Stark… My diapers are always full!
Hoping to see.his meltdown on truth social screenshotted today
Congratulations to Americans and new yorkers in particular! Hoping real change for quality of life succeeds
If they would let him get to work it would be great, unfortunately a lot of his energy in the first year will be fighting off Trump and other billionaires trying to remove him or throw roadblocks in his way.
At least he’s not alone. Seems newsom has been battening down the hatches quite fine already on how to fight back
