Karl: Josh Gottheimer, a Democratic member of Congress, who says, “Many of us believe, as do I, if you’re a socialist, you are not a Democrat.” And in fact, they put out a manifesto today.
Mamdani: Sounds pretty socialist to me…. I'm not interested in writing a manifesto or frankly, in reading one. I'm interested in delivering. And that's exactly what we've been showing.
@vodkasnowflake@musingmymind He was (arguably) the most left person in that primary but now is a Sinema like figure, holding much worse positions than Conor Lamb who ran to his right.
For a long time left NYC Jews have been derided as a vocal unrepresentative minority. I think the election of candidates like Lander & Northrup in Jewish districts proves what we've been saying: the Jewish establishment is out of touch & unrepresentative, not the other way around
@BKforBernie@OliverHidWoh I think generally she doesn't endorse against incumbents but does endorse in open seats. NY-7 was a special case because of her connection with Nydia.
@stan_ubi@thedemsocmarul I think a similar reason wfp and DSA were split in 2020 on Warren/Bernie. Wfp members wanted Bernie but the leadership overruled that. They’re overly cautious but also do seem open coalition building after settling the conflict at the ballot box.
@thedemsocmarul Idk I think it’s good if the wfp gets on board with the DSA project. Hopefully this signals their leadership is more cognizant of the reality of 2026
I really like Krystal and her commentary. But this is a total misreading of the Zohran-AOC strategy.
There were 10 candidates on the DSA slate. Zohran endorsed Claire Valdez and DAC because they ran against sitting Congressional incumbents, who would have been costly for AOC to endorse.
And AOC did the same, endorsing the NYC Assembly candidates that would have been costly for Zohran to endorse — David Orkin, Christian Celeste Tate, and Eon Huntley.
The rest of NYC DSA's slate was endorsed by one or both, except for Conrad Blackburn, the only DSA-endorsed candidate who lost. It's likely they saw Blackburn had little chance and decided to sit out.
This was a well-coordinated strategy between two of the most powerful and popular DSA elected officials to maximize DSA's chance of success.
It's what we want from socialist leaders. And with respect, just because AOC didn't inform media figures about her strategy doesn't mean she's "on the sidelines." She's fresh off helping Chris Rabb beat back Josh Shapiro's ultra-zionist sabotage campaign.
When a Jew wins a landslide election in the most Jewish city in the United States, where massive numbers of Jews turned out to reject a terrorist org that lobbies for genocide: