Posted on 07/12/2025 9:08:00 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
"The Mamdani effect is going to metastasize in the Democrat Party. Now, how successful it will be in a general election, I don’t know, I still have my skepticism. But the Mamdani effect is grievance-based politics, playing into people’s bitterness, and also playing into the economic disorder that Biden left us," Kirk said.
President Trump is going to fix this, and he is aiming to fix this," Kirk continued. "But understand, for the younger voters that I represent and the younger voters that delivered the White House for President Trump, they can’t afford homes, they’re increasingly renting, they’re not getting married, they’re not having children, so there are two ways this can go."
Kirk said young people can either take an "optimistic, patriotic vision like President Trump is offering," or a "very dark and sinister vision – one that is anti-Western, anti-American, anti-civilization." He believes far-left Democrats like Mamdani have embraced the latter.
"I believe this effect will only continue in the Democrat Party for years to come," Kirk said.
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But will they reject Gavin Newsom? At this point, I think it's likely that the DNC will select him. I see him as the only formidable candidate who can win in 2028. Others are flawed like Kamala Harris.
But Newsom? He's slick. He may be able to pull it off.
I meant our young guys.
Of course, one should never underestimate the Democrats' expertise at election fraud.
Newsom is a dumb@$$. But all the chicks love him. He has that "boyish charm" to him similar to Bill Clinton.
So Newsom will have to double down on getting the women's vote. It may be enough for him to pull it off.
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