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“Look, this is a 911 moment for the Democratic Party, in the sense that he’s an antisemitic socialist” (thehill.com)
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spoilerPollster Mark Penn, a longtime adviser to the Clintons, on Wednesday described Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary as a “911 moment” for the party.

In an interview on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom,” the chairman of The Harris Poll said those who don’t want to see Mamdani win in November should target him both for his refusal to condemn calls to “globalize the intifada” and for his far-left economic policies.

“Look, this is a 911 moment for the Democratic Party, in the sense that he’s an antisemitic socialist,” Penn said, when asked which angle would be more effective to use against him.

“I think you have to throw both of those things at him because he has really not disavowed the global intifada. He has not really disavowed his comments that we should seize the means of production,” Penn continued.

“He is perhaps the most extreme major candidate ever to win such a major office,” he added.

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[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 71 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

“He is perhaps the most extreme major candidate ever to win such a major office,” he added.

I want every lib who cries about the purity testing on the left to read this. The most extreme candidate isn't the dem under who millions of Iraqi starved or trump who calls for the ethnic cleansing of gaza.... Its a socdem. Why would any leftist want people with this train of thought to dictate the direction of anything? Just a few months ago mandem said trump was the greatest threat to democracy now these politicians of yours act like Zohran wants to tear down the country. I thought it was vote blue no matter who right? Here's your representatives telling you genocide isn't a red line but being a socdem with some integrity is.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He is perhaps the most extreme major candidate ever to win such a major office,” he added.

TIL literal baby-eating slaveowners and klansmen aren’t extreme.

[–] aqwxcvbnji@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

literal baby-eating slaveowners

what-the-hell

[–] fox@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

The media will always, always interrogate every possible negative angle of any even moderately left candidate and will never bother to even question the ideology of holden-bloodfeast

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Dinkins win wasn’t even that long ago. It’s remarkable how short their attention spans are and lack of history.