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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I think CA is where it will start. NYC may riot but they have no appetite for insurrection on a national level.
Our family escaped from New York when I was seven. Wound up in WA, as far away from there as possible.
“..a party that doesn’t know who it is anymore.”
Here is who they are: they are for the Jihadi and not the Jews; they are for illegal immigrants and not American citizens; they are against Donald Trump, so in tandem they are against a young fellow with cancer; they are for Iran and not America and Israel; as Trump brilliantly put it - they are for THEY/THEM and not YOU.
If only he voted the way he presents himself. Always does what Chuck u Schumer tells him to
“On one side is the activist Left, which is young, aggressive, and unapologetically ideological.”
And on the third side are Florida politicians and sheriffs who have favored running over the activist left with trucks, cars and cement mixers.
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