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Hochul's primary opponent Antonio Delgado is not a progressive (lazysoci.al)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by yonderbarn@lazysoci.al to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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He was interviewed on Majority Report and Emma Vigeland promoted him on X as running to the left of Hochul. Krystal Ball also claimed he was a leftist.

As a former representative, he voted with Biden 100% of the time. Even Politico identified him as a moderate. He's also a former corporate lawyer.

In this interview, he denied to be labeled as a progressive.

It's unfortunate we don't have any other options. If only we could get Cynthia Nixon, Zephyr Teachout, or Jumaane Williams to run again.

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[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Back in 2022, Jacobin wrote an article on how Delgado was chosen as Hochul's Lieutenant Governor:

Delgado is also a relative centrist, fully in lockstep with Hochul’s political brand. Delgado voted to send troops to the southern border in 2019, and opposed Squad priorities like the Green New Deal and Medicare for All.