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Democrats now openly attack Mamdani (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is a primary not "Democrats ... [coming] together and [deciding] to support whichever candidate has the most support among them?"

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was, which is why Paterson is supporting Third Parties to shill to centrists such as the Southeastern Brooklyn neighborhoods. To be clear, Paterson left office over 15 years ago after one very short unelected term, he's not the DNC.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

To be clear, Paterson is doing exactly what party leadership wants.