Posted on 06/27/2025 10:22:45 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
In the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s surprise primary success in New York City’s mayoral primary, prominent Democrats across the country have kept unusually quiet. Rep. Laura Gillen, a freshman Democrat in Congress representing part of Long Island, took a different approach: she issued a sharp, immediate rebuke.
“Socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City,” Gillen said in a statement released Wednesday morning. “His entire campaign has been built on unachievable promises and higher taxes, which is the last thing New York needs.” She went on to accuse Mamdani of promoting “a deeply disturbing pattern of unacceptable antisemitic comments,” referencing his refusal during the campaign to denounce the slogan “globalize the intifada,” and his comparison of it to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
“He is the absolute wrong choice for New York,” she concluded, making her the first Democrat in Congress to publicly oppose Mamdani’s candidacy.
It was a striking move from a Democrat whose district borders the city where Mamdani just toppled former Governor Andrew Cuomo...
“Saying things like ‘we’re going to give away free everything’ is not realistic, and it’s not the direction the Democratic Party should go in,” she says. “They should find ways to make people’s lives affordable in tangible ways, and say we will reach across the aisle to do that.”
Gillen dismissed the notion that Mamdani’s victory signaled a larger ideological shift for the party. “This is hardly a mandate or some grand proclamation about where Democrats are,” she said, pointing out that fewer than one in three of the city’s registered Democrats turned out in the primary.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
And just look at the machine AOC has managed to achieve (with Bernie Sanders' help)...to her credit. Can't stand her politics, but she's good at what she does.
The key to winning NYC seems like it'll be about who can best manipulate the rank choice voting system...
Tucker Carlson has also been quiet about Mamdani. Not a word.
Sponsored by Qatar?
Mamdani just pulled the mask off of the left. Everything the guy wants is exactly what the left has planned. The left just likes incremental roll-out that takes a few decades. He broke the rules by being honest in one dump truck load.
That's a strategy the GOP can run on for the midterms.
Democratic Socialism = Communism
What, pray tell, is a “centrist Democrat“? Is there such a thing?
“The key to winning NYC seems like it’ll be about who can best manipulate the rank choice voting system... “
There was no manipulating involved, he just got the most votes.
The problem was that the alternative to a Democratic socialist was Andrew Cuomo.
Ranked choice is not used in NYC general elections.
Tucker isgoing off on Israel today with MTG so I guess the Qatar bucks are still flowing. Nothing from either of them on Mamdani.
Thanks okay...then it’ll be about who can best benefit from “Independent” vs. party status...
Curtis Sliwa is the “Republican” and Cuomo is considering running as an independent spoiler.
Steve Bannon is far from perfect, but he seems genuinely balanced with the Israel stuff...He’s Zionist but also not “Neo-Con.” (and yes I realize my username invokes Condoleezza Rice, who I also think remains very classy, balanced, and likable.)
Candass too. They and the rest of the "woke right" represent the true "Synagogue of Satan": acting as willing and even enthusiastic agents for Islam to takeover the entire West and destroy Christendom.
“What, pray tell, is a “centrist Democrat“? Is there such a thing?”
It’s somebody who breaks away from them once and becomes a ninety nine percenter. Sinema voted against the filibuster once and you’d have thought she was Ted Cruz. I think this lady applauded the little guy with cancer.
bttt
A thinking ‘rat freshman? Whoduh thunkit?
Here’s what Zohran is offering: freeze rents—not suggest, freeze. Make buses free—because mobility is dignity. Create a department of community safety—because police should not be mental health responders. Tax the ultra-rich—because why are we debating billionaire yachts while people can’t afford insulin? Universal childcare. Cancel medical debt. Protect tenants.
This was no accomplishment. A rabid pit bull could beat a rapist.
Indeed. So how can a non-socialist address these concerns? (unaffordability, being priced out of rent, never being able to buy home etc…) That’s what matters.
Both Owens & Carlson need to read the Bible and unpack complex theology more, both need to ask God directly in prayer about what the truth is.
But the fact is more Christians are rejecting the rapture ready “left behind” fervor that had defined mainstream US Evangelical thinking for decades…How Israel is viewed both politically and theologically remains a point of contention even among conservative Protestants and Catholics.
Blessings.
Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Green discuss NYC mayor elections around the 6-7 minute mark: https://youtu.be/8er4NEwVLXw?feature=shared
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.