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Democratic establishment melts down over Mamdani's win in New York (www.axios.com)

submitted 1 year ago by goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Establishment Democrats looking to recover from 2024's losses fear Mamdani could hurt the party's brand nationally

don't they know only going right is the only acceptable solution!

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[–] eksb@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of the 2021 mayoral election in Buffalo, NY, where a progressive won the Democrat primary, but the conservatives (both Republicans and establishment Democrats) joined forces to back the establishment candidate in the general election.