Posted on 06/25/2025 5:06:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
This is just the latest casualty in a party that doesn’t know who it is anymore.
Andrew Cuomo’s political comeback is officially dead. The former New York governor conceded Tuesday’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor to Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist who rose a wave of far-left energy to victory. The message from Democrat voters was loud and clear: the old guard is no longer welcome.
Cuomo’s loss isn’t just about one race in one city; it is a warning sign for Democrats nationwide. It proves the deep rift within the party has only widened since their disastrous 2024 presidential bid, when party leaders pushed Joe Biden out of the race and hastily elevated Kamala Harris as their replacement candidate. That chaos left behind a party fractured between two very different visions for the future, and Mamdani’s win is just the latest skirmish in an ongoing civil war.
On one side is the activist Left, which is young, aggressive, and unapologetically ideological. These are the voters and organizers who idolize Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, chant for climate revolution, and see American capitalism itself as the enemy. They want change, not compromise. Zohran Mamdani, backed by a slate of progressive celebrities and campaigners, is one of their rising stars. He comes across to his constituents as a true believer.
On the other side is the Democrat establishment — people like Cuomo, Harris, and Nancy Pelosi — who still think political power comes from working deals in backrooms and courting donors at cocktail parties. They’re increasingly out of step with their party’s base, and Cuomo’s defeat reaffirmed that. He didn’t just suffer a surprising loss; he got trampled by a woke movement that sees...
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The old Democrat Party is officially dead
All hail the glorious globalist neo-marxist party!
Young, mushfilled minds of youthful ignorance. They’ve been given everything and n the world and their lives are so easy that they rage at everything.
A bunch of worthless, useless, dregs on society.
We’ve never had two major parties die at the same time.
There’s always a first time for everything.
When you think about it, both "old" parties are dead.
There are still two parties. Only now here's a Marxist, social justice warrior woke party on the far left and an "America First" populist, nationalist party on the center right.
Frig them all. They are idiots who don't understand a Free Market society and just go with what they're taught in college or by their socialist parents.
Very good aeticke. More thoughtful than I expected.
And so might be NYC
Their parents weren't socialists. Their parents were people who bought decent homes in nice neighborhoods on one income.
Zohran Mamdani - just when you thought the Dims wouldn’t go any further left. But it IS NYC.
But look at what NYC will get in return.
Cuomo was an albatross around their neck. The Commie is a standard bearer. He will absolutely thrill 5% of the US population and about half of New Yorkers. Good for them.
Black Americans most affected. Run! President Trump is the modern day Harriet tubman. All board the underground railroad next stop liberty
Black Americans most affected. Run! President Trump is the modern day Harriet tubman. All board the underground railroad next stop liberty
Maybe there’s hope for the democrats. I mean, they could always give the trans thing another go.
wall off the city, it’s done.
So the moderate corrupt Dem candidates are no longer, let’s give the corrupt Marxist Democrat candidates a chance.
Whatever.
There are no Classic Liberals left in the D party. That is sad.
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