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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections.

Asked if Mamdani’s endorsements were making him “enemies” with Democrats in Washington, D.C., Jeffries told CNN that he and Mamdani “strongly” disagreed over his primary picks ahead of Election Day.

Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”

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[–] fira@lemmy.today 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Fuck the DNC. #MamdaniForPresident

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Luigi President, Mandani can be governor of NY state, as hes not US born.

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[–] DevDave@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago

I hope Mamdani's "work" involves telling these people to go fuck themselves with a big smile.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Here's hoping the endorsements keep coming and House corpo losers will have to "smooth things over" with Mamdani. Fuck Jeffries.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Jeffries should apologize to Mamdani and the People of New York.

[–] Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

no the incumbent dems should be scared, very scared. he just showed the rest of the country how to take them down. It's time to get to work.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (5 children)

There are 2 parts to taking back the government. The GOP has to be stopped, so voting Dem is a necessity. We have a 2-party system, so anyone who isn't voting blue is contributing to the problem.

"But the Dems aren't what we want them to be"

That's what primaries are for, and Mandami is the perfect case study. Primaries are where the most important elections are determined.

That being said, I live in an area of Texas where Dems simoly aren't going to win, so I'm actually a registered Republican most years. I vote the in the Republican primaries for the least-crazy among them, but then vote blue in the general election.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

This "top democrat" should be ousted too.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

If Mamdani’s picks are elected to Congress, it seems to me it’s Jeffries who’s going to need to do some serious work. Of the non-Congressional kind.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Hey Hakeem, tough titties shitbird. Read the room, your time has past.

[–] Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Stuff it, Jeffries you wet sock

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The DNC is scared. They see what happened to the old guard Republicans (centrist) they started losing to more right leaning candidates. Now those leaders are gone and we have a crazy right leaning "leadership" in power. The DNC doesn't want that to happen to them as well. Yet, I think it's inevitable, we've swung too far right and there is too much pent up anger for the centrist to keep power.

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They aren't centrists though. They aren't anything really. They are all bought and paid for by Israel.

Why do we send them billions every month? Because it reaches them, they skim off the top, and put much it directly in the pockets of congress. How else do they leave office rich? It's a giant money laundering scheme at our expense.

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[–] AlSweigart@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

Vote blue no matter who, Jeffries.

[–] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I bet Jeffries and schumer will wright them a strongly worded letter.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

“work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”

Hilarious that he's so worked up about a fucking mayor..... Like what is Congress going to do to a mayor if he doesn't want to talk to congressional members?

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[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

If Jeffers gave one single fuck about America he’d step down

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jefferies should shut the fuck. Fall in line, or be made irrelevant.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 10 points 1 month ago

Oh no how unfortunate.

[–] nolannice@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

🎶Vote blue no matter whooooooo🎶

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Fuckin’ democracy, always getting in the way of the Democrats.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

fuckwits ya had your chances y'all been borderline fuckin maga anyway, I'll vote for anyone Mamadani suggests, again AOC, Bernie and the black Lady from Texas who's name escapes me as I write this, all get my vote if possible

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[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Sucks to fucking suck

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Jefferies can go fuck himself.

That Zionist, Israel paid, genocide loving asshole should be yeeted into the fucking sun along with all other establishment Dems.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Fuck ALL the way off you corporate shill.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The absolute best thing that could happen to the Democratic Party would be for Mamdani to become the Boogeyman, the new Pelosi or Hillary Clinton.

He needs to be the one person that Fox News slanders daily, who every Republican child grows up learning to reflexively identify as the Liberal Villain.

Whe? Because he's a man and having a man as that target instead of a woman (AOC etc) should be worth 3-4 points in every election. We use their sexism against them, and we use his religion to honey-pot these fascist halfwits into making Mamdani the public face of the party.

So yeah, this fight with Jeffries? HUGE WIN for Mamdani. He probably gained more power today than he gained when he took office.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Is Jeffries getting whitening therapy or has he just been dead long enough for that pastiness to set in?

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