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In reply to the discussion: NYC Mayor Eric Adams is endorsing Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani [View all]
Celerity
(52,716 posts)69. you are posting misinformation:
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What we have in this case is two longtime Democrats running against a Democratic Party nominee who is not a Democrat.
The 3 candidates are Sliwa, a Rethug, Mamdani, a Democrat AND the winner of the Democratic primary, and then Cuomo, who, Dem still or not, is running as a independent sore/loser spoiler candidate in the general (and thus cannot be supported on DU).
Mamdani is a Democrat. The DSA is not a political party, they are a political org who endorses candidates sometimes, and democratic socialism is his political philosophy. There is no Democratic Socialist party that Mamdani is running on. New York has a fusion party system where candidates can run on multiple lines, and Mamdani (like multiple other Dems) also has run on the Working Families Party line since 2022. In 2020 he only ran as a Democrat.
https://ballotpedia.org/Zohran_Mamdani
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams is endorsing Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani [View all]
Just_Vote_Dem
Thursday
OP
I am not too crazy about personal qualities of either Adams or Cuomo, but there is a prohibition on DU
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#8
He is a centrist, he is running as an independent, and he is a Democrat
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#22
Sorry to disappoint you. He gave up on the democratic party and is now an independent.
Emile
Thursday
#23
He did not. He lost the primary, as some Democrats occasionally do, but he remains a Democrat.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#34
If you think he's still a Democrat, you go with that. Do you think Cuomo is a better choice than Zohran Mamdani?
Emile
Thursday
#37
That's why he has an I by his name on the ballot, because you say he's a democratic politician. Okay
Emile
Thursday
#40
Again, very few Democrats say he is not a Democrat. What I say is immaterial to this fact.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#44
That's fine. But I can find no confirmation of him leaving the Party anywhere.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#63
Not difficult at all. It is just as easy to find his party affiliation. A Democrat, according to all available sources.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#80
I am not disputing that. But he is still a Democrat. Not such a difficult distinction.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#78
The consequence of losing a primary is losing a primary, not losing party affiliation.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#89
Find me a single official record that says Cuomo is not a Democrat, and then we can talk some more.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#96
I wouldn't consider phrases like "fair game" to be constructive, or criticism, for that matter.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#56
By continuing to run after the Democratic voters rejected him, Cuomo has disgraced himself and his father's memory
Prairie Gates
Thursday
#90
Cuomo isn't a "centrist" - he's a sexual harasser collaborating with the rapist Trump.
muriel_volestrangler
Yesterday
#99
Cuomo is, and Adams was (and is now supporting) an 'independent/third-party "spoiler" candidate'
muriel_volestrangler
Thursday
#30
There is a fine line between supporting a third party candidate and objecting to bashing a Democrat.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#36
Adams (who was, BTW, a Rethug at one point) is not running against anyone, he dropped out
Celerity
Thursday
#82
Again you are not addressing my specific calling out of your misinformation, and now you are attempting to muddy
Celerity
Thursday
#94
If I see bashing or 'RW hysteria' around here, I'll be sure to take note of it.
Torchlight
Thursday
#11
Any negative comments about any Democrat are fodder for right wing media.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#20
As you know full well, Sanders doesn't run against Democrats in general elections
muriel_volestrangler
Yesterday
#101
Cuomo is a pervert that got ran out of office, why are you defending him?
questionseverything
Yesterday
#106
It is DU administrators who tell members what is acceptable. They have every right to do so.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#43
He may well be, but that's irrelevant, as Cuomo lost the Democratic primary and is now running as sore loser/
Celerity
Thursday
#87
As a spoiler candidate, he cannot be supported. As a Democrat he cannot be bashed.
Glorious bastard
Thursday
#91
No, you still don't get it. He is running against the only official Democrat - therefore he is not a Democrat
muriel_volestrangler
Yesterday
#98
The calculus for the endorsement most likely has to do with NYC's uniformed services.
lapucelle
Yesterday
#104