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Monday, August 04, 2025

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., sidestepped a question Sunday about whether he supports New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist who recently defeated Andrew Cuomo in the primary. During an interview on CNN, host Manu Raju pressed Booker on whether the Democratic Party is failing to embrace its left flank. He specifically brought up Mamdani, asking, "Democratic leaders are not supporting him. Is that a problem? Do you support him?" Booker dodged the endorsement, shifting the conversation away from ideological labels. "This is not a left-right issue," he said. "It is an authoritarian versus pragmatic government issue. I'm one of those people who believes the ties that bind us are stronger than the lines that divide us."

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So does that mean Cory Booker get the coveted GracieAmazed endorsement...

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-04 12:24 PM | Reply

Time to vote out corporate owned Democrats.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-04 12:46 PM | Reply

No surprises. Most, not all, AIPAC Democrats oppose Zohran Mamdani. One of the exceptions is Congressman Jerry Nadler who strongly supports Zohran as a repudiation of Trumpf and the oligarchs. Chuck Schumer may also support Zohran now as a matter of political survival.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GxJ0biBa8AAEJfe.jpg

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-04 01:01 PM | Reply

Whiny ------- MAGAT ---- can burn in ------- hell.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-04 03:40 PM | Reply

Gosh, hardworking, peace-loving American taxpayers are tired of faux Christians and ersatz Democrats doing their darndest to put the interests of nuclear-armed Israel (who has universal health care for all of its residents unlike the US) ahead of the interests of the American people. Like a Soviet politburo, these hypocritical Democratic and Republican Congressmen enjoy robust salaries and platinum health benefits, insulated from the travails of the 99.9999999%, while receiving AIPAC funding. Meanwhile, poor Americans are starting to borrow money to buy groceries or pay for medical expenses.

Zohran Mamdani's plans can ease the problems of poor New Yorkers, easily paid for by increasing taxes on Wall Street. I wonder how much revenue a $1 per Wall Street transaction would generate to pay for inexpensive groceries and free bus services for poor Gothamites?

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-04 04:55 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

@#1 ... So does that mean Cory Booker get the coveted GracieAmazed endorsement... ...

Who knows.

But I will say that what I am seeing on local NYC TV news seems to indicate that Mr Mamdani's [updated] message looks to be working.

Much to the dismay of Mayor Adams and fmr Gov Cuomo.

I've seen this ...

Mamdani backs away from out of step' defund the police posts
www.politico.com

... Zohran Mamdani immediately faced backlash Wednesday over his past calls to defund the police " after New York City's deadliest mass shooting in 25 years and the completion of his 11-day vacation to Uganda.

Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee and the leading candidate in that race, was out of the country when the shooting occurred Monday in Midtown Manhattan. Hours after his return, he joined groups representing victims of the tragedy and faced reporters' questions about his absence and prior support for defunding the city's police department.

"I am not defunding the police; I am not running to defund the police," Mamdani told reporters Wednesday. "Over the course of this race, I've been very clear about my view of public safety and the critical role that the police have in creating that public safety."

During the news conference, Mamdani stood with the Bangladeshi American Police Association, of which slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam was a member, and building service workers union 32BJ, which represented Aland Etienne, an office security guard who died in the attack.

Mamdani is returning to a city where polling shows him as the clear favorite, and he'll try to maintain that lead through the tumult of a crowded general election in an unpredictable city. ...



The mayoral race for NYC has become interesting for me to watch on the local news, as the candidates jostle for position.


But, imo, November cannot arrive soon enough.


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-05 10:20 PM | Reply

Mr Cuomo has stated that if he is not the leading Independent candidate by mid-Septemper, he will drop out of the race.

1) will that actually happen?

2) so then, it effectively becomes Mayor Adams vs Mr Mamdani.


NYC Mayor's Race: A September surprise? Key voting date could be the day one of Mamdani's moderate challengers drops out -- or not
www.amny.com

... As the 2025 NYC Mayor's race heats up, the paths to victory for most candidates appear increasingly narrow. Recent polls show Democratic nominee and socialist Zohran Mamdani maintaining a strong advantage against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Eric Adams, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and independent attorney Jim Walden.

However, opponents of Mamdani's have faced calls to coalesce behind one candidate in the interest of beating the Democratic nominee, who is a 33-year-old democratic socialist and who has ruffled feathers in the Democratic establishment. The unusual makeup of the race and agreement among opponents that Mamdani would be a bad fit for mayor has led some to wonder: Can Cuomo, Adams, and Sliwa coalesce behind one person in the interest of defeating Mamdani? ...

Even though Cuomo has said he would be willing to drop out and back another candidate if he is not the most popular Mamdani opponent leading up to the election " and has asked Adams to do the same -- most signs point to "no," according to Democratic strategists and recent polls. ...

Sept. 17 could, in theory, be a critical moment in the campaign. If one of Mamdani's moderate candidates bows out at that time and throws their support to another, it could significantly boost that other candidate's chances of toppling Mamdani on Election Day.

Then again, the stubbornness of Adams, Cuomo and Sliwa might win out -- and neither candidate may budge, according to at least one political strategist. ...



#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-05 10:50 PM | Reply

The campaign slogans for thoroughly corrupted Eric Adams, disgraced traitor to the Democratic Party Andrew Cuomo, and 'has-been' platformless Republican Curtis Sliwa are all the same:

"Vote for Me. I'm Not the Muslim Guy."

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-05 11:11 PM | Reply

@#8 ... "Vote for Me. I'm Not the Muslim Guy." ...

That's not what I've been seeing here.


More attacks against fabricated positions, than anything else.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-05 11:17 PM | Reply

#9: I was being facetious.

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-05 11:22 PM | Reply

@#10

That's what I thought when I read your comment.

But I wanted to post #9 in case I had misread your comment.


#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-05 11:25 PM | Reply

@#10, 11

OK, that aside ...

Why does the NYC Mayoral race seem to draw such attention across the Country?

I mean, as the creator of this thread shows, even Florida seems to be interested?

Why?

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-05 11:28 PM | Reply

#12: Ask yourself, with the exception of Congressman Jerrold 'Jerry' Nadler (D-NY), why would so many Democrats from all over the country find voice and reason to slime fellow Democrat poor Zohran Mamdani? AIPAC. Check the names of Zohran's detractors against these two websites and you will see. The more money AIPAC has given them, the louder, meaner, and baseless will be their attack. These two websites work like a charm. Try John Fetterman or Josh Shapiro or any Democratic critic of Zohran you hear or see on the news.

Links:

www.boughtbyzionism.org

www.trackaipac.com

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-05 11:51 PM | Reply

Why does the NYC Mayoral race seem to draw such attention across the Country?

Because Mamdani has made working class Americans his priority instead of the elite wealthy.

That scares the wealthy and so they're trying everything the can so sink him.

Could you imagine a politician who puts working class Americans needs first?

Most democrats and all republicans can't.

They all serve the incredibly wealthy.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-06 12:12 AM | Reply

why would so many Democrats from all over the country find voice and reason to slime fellow Democrat poor Zohran Mamdani?

Because he said he's gonna tax the rich and put the needs of New Yorkers first.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-06 12:12 AM | Reply

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk-bnGxbQAEjHTe.jpg

#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-06 12:22 AM | Reply

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