Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist

After failing in the Democratic primary. New York is one of only two states where politicians who lose in a primary are able to immediately run in the same election under a different party.

More like they prefer Trump who shares their class interests to someone who may not even if they do have disagreements with Trump.

They don't seem to try that hard to win.

What are you on about? You want us to vote Cuomo? He isn't even running as Democrat.

And people are voting for Zohran, who is a Democrat. Is that not what you want? Are you alright?

Have fun in your feelings I guess, but that doesn’t change that Trump still would have won if everyone voted. There isn’t some group of people that could have turned the tide but withheld their vote to punish you, specifically. More people wanted Trump and that’s why he won.

Come to terms with the fact this isn’t a problem you can solve by berating and screaming at the people who already know Trump sucks. American society needs to do the long, hard work of actually confronting racism and fascism on the personal as well as the societal level.

Or do what makes you feel good regardless of what the facts show, I’m not a cop.

Yeah, he is. Also you’re kind of admitting you’re cool with fascism. And I voted for your piece of shit libs that continue to do fuck all.

I don't understand why you're downvoted. Do people completely ignore context?

You didn't put the /s

Im glad somebody is fighting trump, but good lord i do not want California to become the blueprint for America. Driving along the PCH from avocado farms in Oxnard to Malibu and seeing the sick fucking filth that is the California wealthy right next to the migrant workers they exploit is in my top 5 "most disturbing things ive ever experienced." That is taking into account that I used to work on strategic bombers and I know in gruesome detail what a 2000 lb bomb does to a human body. Newsom is a bitter poison pill whose voting record shows that he basically agrees with Trump across the board, and his imitation of trump is barely even ironic. He's always imitated trump in terms of policy.

TBF if I were homeless I could live in cali, I would be left to die in most other states.

You're missing the point I think. People want better politicians, Democrats are better than Republicans meaningfully but not so meaningfully that they could fix the issues we're seeing in society. People like Cuomo and Newson are just power hungry people, who may be better than Trump but the people won't be satisfied with replacing their turd sandwich with ultra processed fast food, they want a healthy nutritious meal. Newson is fast food, it's a meaningful step up from turd sandwich but it won't fix the American diet.

It's Germany being upset at the traffic light coalition and then electing Merz. They went from one back stabbing party to unhealthy and destructive fast food. This will only upset people enough to eventually elect their version of a turd sandwich - the AFD.

You should really research Newsom some more. One example is that he hangs out with, and a gives a platform to, Charlie Kirk on his podcast but there are far worse things, too.

Newsom is not the guy.

you're fucked too to suggest people should vote non-republican, and then bitch when people vote for a true progressive.

How.much has changed from doing something?

Hey, that's when Democrats only started nominating the Clinton-crew for presidencies!

My criticisms are of Cuomo. I feel that’s rather clear. The Democratic Party did a whole song and dance and was in an absolute negative uproar over Mamdani defeating their establishment candidates. Not sure where you’ve been? You can consider the DNC acceptance of Mamdani reluctant at best. Lending the DNC credit for his success is wild imo.

Please explain your strategy to address your party repeatedly blocking popular candidates, such as their massive campaign against Bernie in 2016 (who was beloved by moderates and middle classers who ultimately voted Trump) and their tireless work to block candidates like the mayoral candidate for Minneapolis or the mass attack on Mamdani in NYC (just to mention some fresh wounds)?

Not to mention using donations to vehemently block left-leaning parties with all kinds of legal action and disruptive moles while squashing any entry into their own ranks? They spend their time attacking greens and social democrats, meanwhile they break bread with racists and bigots.

If you’ve ever done any activist or grassroot work for labor, direct democracy or mutual aid/community initiatives you know democrats smile to your face and twist a dagger into your back. Trust me. I used to think it was the party of the little guy until I started brushing elbow with the big boys (and gals) at conferences and luncheons. They’re squirmy af and they will lie right to your face.

If you’re not openly advocating for change within your national party you can kindly sit tf down and let those of us who have worked directly with elected officials and their offices to talk. I’m sick of this assumption that leftists only exist online and I hate this categorization. You might as well call anyone who values their community a libtard and an “academic” when you use leftist as a slur. Some of us come right out of trade union labor frontlines and leftist is way too broad a brushstroke to slap on the dynamics of people working to better their communities.

Also, if you’ve never worked in those spaces you have no idea how complicated it is to organize people and how often they’re infiltrated by hostile parties. Dems will also siphon off people on false pretenses and try to absorb them. It’s not just a flat out failure by the left- the hurdles are massive and well funded.

I am SO OVER IT

Do you value "your party " "winning" or do you have actual policies you want enacted?

I feel so happy to not live in the US where apparently the only choices are between a guy who wants to put me in a concentration camp and a guy that has no qualms about putting me in a concentration camp if it got him a few additional percents of votes.

If they could read they’d be very upset

See like this

Liberals are just right wingers who like gay rights. You’re still going to get billionaires with outsized power over society that way.

In America, all news media jams down your throat that “the left” is the liberal position; when yeah it’s left of fascism but it’s still right-of-center

And yet Democratic leaders like Hakeem Jeffries and Corey Booker won’t support or endorse Mamdani over Cuomo.

That’s the whole point of OP’s comment. We were told “vote blue no matter who” but as soon as a Muslim wins the primary then suddenly that doesn’t apply. Look at Omar Fateh, who won the primary for Minneapolis mayor and suddenly the DNC withdrew their endorsement.

Today, so-called Lemmy “users” (or, as I am known to call them, LOSERS), very BAD PEOPLE, all of them, voted down an account which, in my estimation, may be one of the GREATEST posters on the platform. Almost, and it’s rare that I say this, better than me? Who knows, it’s possible, he’s that good. Totally UNFAIR and UNJUST, and not even the weak and powerless moderators will step in. WHO WILL END THE MADNESS? Very sad, very unfair and very RIDICULOUS situation!

NYC only uses ranked choice for primaries and special elections.

In my view and my analogy, what is happening with Mamdani really helps to exemplify my point:

Chemo is the essentially the carpet-bombing of cancer treatment. Unfortunately it’s going to take out some of the good guys also. Not unlike how antibiotics work. There’s no discrimination. It takes out ALL bacteria. This is to say that in the analogy, Mamdani represents the good bacteria.

Essentially, it’s collateral damage. Would you prefer Trump as president while someone like Mamdani gets their seat at the table, or Trump doesn’t get elected and Mamdani has to wait a while?

Because I’m using what’s called real-world examples. Not made up horse shit that’s shared with abandon amongst wannabe socialists.

Money is the cancer. Full stop

You’re not wrong, but unfortunately- you’re working within an ideology that can’t exist.

The electoral system is not now or ever will be changed from what it is. Period. It favors them, and the them are the only ones with the authority to change it. A complete reform of our electoral system is out of the question.

And while it’s a fun thought experiment to imagine how cool it would be if we could change it- sooner or later we’re going to have to come back to reality and accept things as they really are and work within the confines of what is actually possible.

And right now, the immediate threat is the cancer that is MAGA. We had the chance to rid ourselves of it- and too many chose to do nothing in protest of chemo.

And now, after reading the comments here, I’ve no doubt anymore that the cancer is going to spread and we will succumb to it.

In my analogy bLuE MaGa is a cringy thing thought up by a bunch of angry people that exist solely in a tiny little backwoods and irrelevant world called .ml.

It and they, not something that anyone of value takes seriously.

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