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Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in NYC Mayor's Race, But Top Democrats Still Won't Back Him
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centrist Democrats have a slogan, "vote blue no matter who" - the idea being that if you're progressive or leftist, you have an obligation to vote for the Democrat, even if the Democratic nominee is a centrist.
that slogan has always been bullshit, but Mamdani's campaign is providing the ultimate example of why. "vote blue no matter who" is a one-way street - you can use it to browbeat progressives into voting for a centrist, but it vanishes into thin air if you're trying to convince centrists to vote for a progressive.
I know some centrist Democrats, and I've literally never heard them say this for any reason. I've only ever heard it said on Lemmy by people who are applying it sarcastically.
https://nitter.net/hakeemjeffries/status/1236682402052935680#m
You'll have to pardon me if I don't care what Hakeem Jeffries tweeted one time 5 years ago.
Man, I'd be thrilled if everyone was so tepid about these top Democrats instead of insisting on their continued occupation of public office being the only thing standing between us and fascism...
Yeah, you gotta find someone who gives a fuck about Hakeem Jeffries lol. That is not me, see if you can find them and talk some sense into them. For example from time to time I post an article complaining bitterly about some awful thing he has done to fuck up democracy in this country, as a random example.