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[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

It’s not about winning or losing. A loss for a politician is an opportunity to make money the next election cycle. Mamdani making positive changes would only hurt their ability to fundraise from the poors as they’d support more left wing candidates, and endorsing him would only draw the ire of who their actual base is.