Democrats now openly attack Mamdani : progressivepolitics

[+] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world -11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Amazing that people in the same party would critize each other ain't it? That's called competition, having an opinion, not lining up in lockstep behind Daddy. Before MAGA that used to be the American Way. Try it sometime.

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Slander? No. Playing politics? Yes.

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[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world -5 points 5 days ago

And you feel voting changes anything.

[+] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -7 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Democrats now openly slander Mamdani

Ffs. That’s not the case.

Slander: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation

If you think someone saying “he doesn’t have a plan” is slander, you might want to stay the hell away from politics.

This wasn’t FPTP, it’s NYC and yes there’s a Jewish component to the race, and yeah he’s young and inexperienced. All of those are valid, legitimate concerns regarding a political election.

Unfortunately for them, the primary is over and they already lost. So no, they don’t have to blindly believe Mamdani is going to win in a lanslide, but they should at least act like it. I think we’re looking at a mayoral race through a presidential-election lens.

Slander though? No.

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[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

More divide-the-left noise from geneva_convenience

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[–] sxan@midwest.social -5 points 5 days ago (6 children)

He's wrong, but I don't think it's slander. How great the risk is debatable, but it's fair to worry that Mamdani may lose the D's some centrist and (although it can't be said out loud) Jewish votes and, consequently, the election. Which would be disastrous. AIPAC certainly is not going to be dumping money into Mamdani's campaign, and if they instead chose to spend it on the Republican candidate, it could sway the general election.

However, I think Trump proved that extremists can win, so while it's a reasonably concern, evidence suggests it's unfounded. Personally, the possibility that AIPAC could focus efforts on defeating Mamdani as he represents a crack in the political wall of unwavering support for Israel is a far greater concern, because money wins elections.

Although a disagree with the characterization that this constitutes slander, I do think it's the wrong approach. Having won the primary, if Democrats want to win this thing they have to solidify behind the nominated candidate. Being divisive will only help them lose the general.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Saying that the primary winner is not fit to be mayor is straight up slander.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 0 points 4 days ago

It’s their own party lol

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