Sour Jeffries Says Mamdani Has 'Work To Do' After His Candidates Oust House Incumbents
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The House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats following Tuesday's primary upsets.

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.”

  • webhead@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    He also just sucks. After the interview he did with Jon Stewart on his podcast, I really knew more than ever what an empty shell of a person he was. I was ambivalent before that but that was the final straw I think. He needs to go. We need real leadership in the Democratic party and he’s not it.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      what an empty shell of a person he was.

      That’s his purpose…

      He was handpicked by Pelosi, and a biased DNC threatened to bankrupt any state party who’s reps didn’t vote for him.

      The current DNC has been dumping that money back on state parties for almost two years now. Even if someone thought they might pull the same shit, they won’t have the funds to do it by then, and the state parties are already funded.

      The “victory fund” was the stick neoliberals used, and Martin broke it into pieces and passed it around. It the bottom up structure the Dem party was always meant to have.