I'm not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I'd take away from what happened in NY yesterday.
1. Authenticity is measurable. Voters can smell a focus group from a mile away.
2. Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings. The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It's a question mark.
3. Conviction beats caution. The candidates who said hard things about rent, about who pays for what, about Gaza, they won. The triangulators lost.
4. Cost of living is everything. Everything else is wallpaper.
5. The middle is not a strategy. It's an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something.
6. Don't fear the base. Court it. The Democrats who ran from their own voters lost. The ones who ran toward them won.
7. If you want to lead a party you have to be willing to fight inside it. Mamdani didn't ask permission. He took the field.
The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led.
Hard to imaging a better way to spend a Tuesday night than watching a bunch of establishment, corporate & AIPAC backed Dems get destroyed.
If this isn’t the Dem tea party I don’t know what is.
Witnessing all of these democrats who refused to endorse Mamdani lose their seats is truly the most stunning form of justice I’ve ever witnessed. Chuck Schumer you’re next bitch!
BREAKING: 🇺🇸 All mayor Mamdani-backed candidates won New York primaries in clean sweep, per CNN
- Brad Lander
- Claire Valdez
- Darializa Avila Chevalier
All three of them rejected AIPAC’s money
Mamdani has been mayor for 163 days
- Fully balanced the budget
- Secured budget for universal childcare
- Filled 100,000 potholes
- Knicks win the NBA Finals
You can’t tell me socialism doesn’t work.
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