Posted on 09/22/2025 9:30:40 AM PDT by John Semmens
In a bid to get front-running New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to endorse her campaign for reelection, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her endorsement of Mamdani, saying "this bright young star of the Democratic Party is showing us how to win the hearts and minds of the working classes. I enthusiastically urge the voters of New York City to make him their next mayor. I hope we can both work together to keep the fascist Republicans from thwarting the people's revolution we both support."
Mamdani responded saying "I'm excited to have the governor's support in my battle to become the City's next mayor. My focus is on this November. I don't have time right now to concern myself with who will win the governor's race in 2026. If I win this November I need to keep my options open for possibly running against Gov. Hochul next year."
New York Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs called the Governor's endorsement of Mamdani "disappointing. While I believe Mr. Mamdani and I are in agreement that America's greatest problem is the continued growth of income disparity in our nation, we disagree on how to address it. I reject the platform of the so-called Democratic Socialists of America and do not believe that it represents the principles, values or policies of the Democratic Party."
Other top New York Democrats Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also declined to endorse Mamdani. "Rather than lurch into costly programs of owning grocery stores or letting more criminals out of jail as Mamdani proposes why can't we just stick with the discreet exchanges of envelopes of cash that have been the backbone of Democratic Party income redistribution in New York for more than 100 years?" Schumer wanted to know.
Jeffries said "I might be willing to consider adding gold or crypto to the envelopes, but seizing the means of production as Mamdani says he wants to do sounds too Marxist to me. Who will fill the envelopes if he does this?"
Dems in NYC need to go all in on socialism/communism, and elect this democrat! Everything in NYC will all go well until they run out of other peoples money! I expect most of wallstreet to exit stage south within 24 months of him taking office. Don’t worry, all those businesses that rely on that will be fine. They will all just need to “Learn how to code” as Obama says.
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