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Progressive Chi Ossé considers primary challenge against Hakeem Jeffries: 'Dire situation' (abcnews.go.com)
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New York City councilmember Chi Ossé appeared to confirm he would challenge House Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for his seat representing New York's 8th congressional district in an X post on Monday.

Ossé responded to another post calling him out for saying last month that he was not going to run. This comes after Ossé's name appeared on FEC filings launching a bid for NY-08 earlier Monday.

"How can Brooklyn voters take you at your word when just last month you said this? 'It would take a very dire situation in order for me to even consider spending the rest of my 20s in DC. Just to be clear, I'm not running for Congress,'" a post said.

Ossé responded: "Seems like we're in a dire situation."

"The Democratic Party's leadership is not only failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump, they have also failed to deliver a vision that we can all believe in," Ossé, who recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America, said in a statement to Axios.

"These failures are some of the many reasons why I am currently exploring a potential run for New York's 8th Congressional District," he told the outlet.

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[–] AngularViscosity@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

in an X post

You could've done it literally anywhere else, dude.

[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Also your account smells like a Tankie driving in to Tienamen.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Bluesky and Mastodon.social censor Palestine harder than X let's stop pretending that alternatives are any better.

[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I’ve got no idea about BS but that’s just patently untrue about Mastodon.