Sour Jeffries Says Mamdani Has 'Work To Do' After His Candidates Oust House Incumbents
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The House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats following Tuesday's primary upsets.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections.

Asked if Mamdani’s endorsements were making him “enemies” with Democrats in Washington, D.C., Jeffries told CNN that he and Mamdani “strongly” disagreed over his primary picks ahead of Election Day.

Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
    131·
    6 days ago

    There are 2 parts to taking back the government. The GOP has to be stopped, so voting Dem is a necessity. We have a 2-party system, so anyone who isn’t voting blue is contributing to the problem.

    “But the Dems aren’t what we want them to be”

    That’s what primaries are for, and Mandami is the perfect case study. Primaries are where the most important elections are determined.

    That being said, I live in an area of Texas where Dems simoly aren’t going to win, so I’m actually a registered Republican most years. I vote the in the Republican primaries for the least-crazy among them, but then vote blue in the general election.

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
        31·
        5 days ago

        I’m in a deep-enough red area that I simply have to deal with Republicans. And most of them are perfectly nice people until the Fox News switch gets flipped in their heads.

        It’s crazy. There will be a bunch of perfectly nice ladies gathering supplies for the food bank and blankets for the poor, and then something switches and they’ll start talking about how the Demoncrats want to steal the election so they can use tax money to pay to have illegals get hormone blockers so they can rape Christian girls in the bathroom.

        • P1k1e@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 days ago

          I know man, we’ve all seen it at some point. My father turned that kinda nuts after he moved to a red county. He was always a yes man but the brainwashing got him Really fast.

    • Jarix@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 days ago

      Dont go with the least crazy, they may be just competent enough to be a spectacular sycophant, you want someone who clearly IS crazy, but just enough that when the general election happens they look that much worse

      • Jarix@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 days ago

        Oh and they can be the most crazy if the crazy thing is better than what the others are pursuing