The job of Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed is to keep the pro Palestine movement in check. To condemn the resistance while convincing them to hate all the enemies of the U.S. and support NATO. Things which directly undermine the Palestinian cause
It’s a Muslim counterinsurgency happening right now, just like the counterinsurgency of the BLM era. During BLM, Black folks were killed in the streets, then the state greenlit “electing” a Black elite and contained people’s consciousness right back into the electoral playbook.
The same thing has happened with Palestine. A genocide happens, then all these Muslim “outsiders” get elected — containing Muslims’ consciousness straight to the poll booth, buying into the same state committing the genocide. Same playbook, different actors. The people get duped again.
Ultimately a candidate is responsible for their campaign, but it is also a searing indictment of left independent media— most of whom would rather let a Zionist warmonger cakewalk to Congress than platform an independent socialist candidate. 8k votes to get to the top two were totally gettable.