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[Video] Vox host Astead claims Zohran Mamdani is pushing back against the anti-Zionists in his movement. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 2 months ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] stickly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

2 minute story is entirely unverifiable hearsay
doesn't explain the purpose of that meeting, why the specific endorsers are here (other than they're Jewish for some reason?), doesn't even name a specific meeting date
vague paraphrasing of Adler's comments on anti-zionism
even more vague paraphrasing of the reply. no indication of it's phrasing, it's tone, it's content, it's length, the speaker, etc...

"I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT HE'S IN THOSE ROOMS TELLING THEM TO STOP"

Uh... Can you? Give me a quote, give me a source, give me context, give me anything... If you can't do the bare minimum then why are we even sharing this clip/anecdote?

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

We will see if Zohran supports Chi Osse or falls in line behind Hakeem Jeffries.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/post/39041034

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Lmao do you have nothing better to do? This is worse than streamer drama. Nothing in that milquetoast clip has anything to do with policy, a change in stance on any issue, or even an endorsement.

But he's now besmirched because he's not in a blood pact with a council member most of America has never heard of? A fellow [Big Tent] DSA member who has only been paying dues for a handful of months?

If he's changing stance on Gaza, publicly or in policy, I'm concerned and want to hear about it. If he's stumping for establishment Dems and scaring his constituents away from a challenger, I want to hear about it.

If he's disagreeing with the concept of a person running, who hasn't put out any platform that I've heard of, before the race has even started... don't bother me.

Maybe this candidate has a great platform, maybe his platform will be garbage.
Maybe he has a good platform but Mamdani genuinely thinks he doesn't have the political chops for the big leagues.
Maybe Mamdani is focused on the political landscape he has to navigate and simply doesn't want a major player disrupted without good reason.
Maybe Jeffries is internally unpopular and could serve as a lighting rod for building a voting bloc from current officials.
Maybe he thinks Jeffries is too big a fish and that there are other candidates he'd like to primary.

I don't know unless he comes out and specifies and it doesn't benefit me to speculate on anything so intangible.

I'll let the new campaign run it's course, I'll listen to the new platform, and I'll judge what happens when it happens. Maybe this will fracture the DSA between left and farther left, but I wouldn't care because both sides are light-years better than our current politicians.