Speaking to NBC News, Mamdani declined to say whether he would encourage fellow Democrats to support Jeffries as speaker, saying he would leave the decision to party members in Washington.
“I’m going to leave the machinations of that to my fellow Democrats in Washington. I’ve been clear about where I stand, and I think that’s all they need to hear from me on that,” he said.
Mamdani has previously expressed support for Jeffries’ leadership bid and has not publicly endorsed the campaign seeking to replace him.
Let the lib mental gymnastics hour start!
Well we already got a silver medalist in the mental gymnastics 3 hours before your comment.
Shouldn’t the first event be kicking this totally normal football as hard as you can?
Gross
What dirt do they have on him? He literally could have just not spoken about this.
Translation: “I’m the mayor of NYC. That’s my focus and I’m not going to waste my air time on speculating on what’s going to happen in DC”
No, he endorsed Jeffries and says he still does.
He did take a position stop pretending he’s on the sidelines here.
Yes, he took the position that doesn’t step on the toes of allies of people who he’ll need to work with and also keeps his head down the most on the issue. Do I want him to endorse a DSA or progressive candidate in congress?Absolutely. But he’s currently focused on reforming the largest, and one of the most corruptly bureaucratic cities in the country. If he came out and endorsed a different speaker, it probably wouldn’t help said candidate enough to matter and would definitely suck all of the air out of the room for what he’s trying to accomplish in NYC.
Things I want Mamdani being stood on for: needs to block illegal Israel land sales in NYC, BDS Israel, housing affordability, and promoting the DSA with his actions. Anything else is noise
Yeah allies such as… Hakeem Jeffries… who opposes everything Zohran supposedly stands for.
Are you getting it yet?
Fell for what? Your fundamental misunderstanding as to how electoral politics works? No, I think that’s just you.
I understand that Mamdani is essentially using the keys to power from a hostile government structure and it takes time to change those tools to ones that can serve his constituents in the way they deserve. In the interim, he can’t just blow-up his incredible political goodwill in order to fail to move the needle on an issue that will in no way help his goals. But yeah, go ahead and get mad that he’s not killing himself for your enjoyment. I’ll be realistic and focus on pushing him and others on useful actions.
Suure suure. How much time does it take exactly? I heard this one in 2017 with AOC and with the Bernie Bros before that.
You probably already think electoralism is a waste of time. What’s the point of this conversation? Spread some unnecessary doom to edge accelerationism?
The real question is what material difference does it make for Mamdani to endorse any one for speaker? At best, it moderately boosts a progressive’s chances and completely nukes the coalition he’s built in NYC, halting the progress of the most visible DSA member in the country. At worst, it also kills whoever he endorses’ chances.
You can vote for not the DNC any day.
“I’m the mayor of the largest, most powerful city in the US. I’m not going to use that power because I’m a craven opportunist.”
