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In reply to the discussion: Young people want new fighters in DEM party, but entrenched DEM establishment w/ billionaire $$ torpedo candidate young [View all]
Torchlight
(6,380 posts)57. So... we either admit baggage has no relevance anymore
or apply judgement equally, even when it affects the present as well as the past.
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Young people want new fighters in DEM party, but entrenched DEM establishment w/ billionaire $$ torpedo candidate young [View all]
IrishBubbaLiberal
Jun 2025
OP
from what I read the "young" guy has lots of baggage his followers would like to overlook nt
msongs
Jun 2025
#1
No, but they also shouldn't run candidates that cater to people that are notoriously fickle and can't be relied upon...
W_HAMILTON
Jun 2025
#61
The point is all white males are not trump sycophants. It we Dems pick the right candidate...
brush
Jun 2025
#74
It's nothing to do with age, I personally wouldn't support a candidate like Mamdani even if he was an 83 year old white
tritsofme
Jun 2025
#3
Yes. He's campaigning w that horrid Hasan Piker, a virulent anti-Semite who claims the US deserved 9/11
emulatorloo
Jun 2025
#17
He did not campaign with him. He did a live stream interview with him. His statement on that was
Nanjeanne
Jun 2025
#40
Did poster say they don't like AOC or Crockett? Or that they love Cuomo? No.
emulatorloo
Jun 2025
#67
His victory sends just the right message about what the Democratic Party stands for.
David__77
Jun 2025
#22
"He is seemingly anti-semitic." What has he said or done that makes him so? thx in advance
uponit7771
Jun 2025
#34
"Seemingly"? Is that based on your reading of his actual statements or is it based on reading what
Nanjeanne
Jun 2025
#41
With these two candidates, I'd like to think she would have been in the mix.
OnDoutside
Jun 2025
#13
It's the Democratic Socialist label. It just doesn't work for the vast majority of Amercans.
brush
Jun 2025
#31
If only we could find a progressive candidate who doesn't wanna "globalize the intifada"
emulatorloo
Jun 2025
#19
+1. If this is your 'standard bearer' .... That really ain't 'sayin' much. Eh?
stopdiggin
Jun 2025
#21
His statement below. And the word intifada directly translates to "shaking off"
Nanjeanne
Jun 2025
#42
and was almost immediately slapped down on his Holocaust, intifada, and museum analogy
stopdiggin
Jun 2025
#52
Admittedly W/o Having Scoured the Great Comments, May I Just Add That "Entrenched DEM Establishment"
The Roux Comes First
Jun 2025
#27
"entrenched establishment" -- target young people with emotional disinformation to get them to hate Democrats.
betsuni
Jun 2025
#44
Yeah I don't think w can extrapolate a lot from a NYC mayoral dem primary. Very unique situation.
emulatorloo
Jun 2025
#69