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AOC: Schumer, Jeffries Setting a Bad Example by Not Backing Mamdani | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
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Progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested Thursday that the top congressional Democrats—and anyone else in the party refusing to support New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani—are setting a troubling precedent.

Like Ocasio-Cortez, both US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are New York Democrats. Unlike the "Squad" member, who endorsed Mamdani—a democratic socialist currently serving in the state Assembly—before he beat former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the party's June primary, Schumer and Jeffries have continued to withhold support from their own party's nominee.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The DSA should take over the DNC.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It went the other way. The national DSA org has long been compromised by “former” Democrat operatives. But there’s still some good local chapters.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

Populist factions should take every position and nomination. The dsa may not be the best fit for say missouri, but economic populists that fight the chiselers would.

Federate populists across the party. Popular is feared in the establisment because their donors. In a country that elects based on popularity. It buggars reason these people still control the party.