Andrew Cuomo, an elderly has-been, the lesser son of a greater sire, who as governor literally conspired with Republicans to hand them control of the New York state Senate for half a decade; who resigned from office in disgrace after he was credibly accused of 13 instances of sexual harassment; and whose campaign quite obviously had no purpose other than satisfying his own lust for accumulating personal power, along with that of his billionaire donors.
As the campaign progressed and Mamdani’s victory became ever more likely, Cuomo descended into vindictive gutter racism. He did not disagree with a right-wing radio host who said that Mamdani would be “cheering” another 9/11, suggested that Mamdani would have Muslim women “completely covered up,” and that he “doesn’t understand New York culture” because he’s a “citizen of Uganda.”
Cuomo happily took Donald Trump’s endorsement and went on Fox News to tout it. His closing campaign message, as The Nation’s Jeet Heer pointed out on Bluesky, smacked of Vidkun Quisling—implicitly threatening New Yorkers with a Trumpian occupation if they voted for anyone but Cuomo.
It was disgusting stuff. But it also was palpably desperate, and coming from one of the worst candidates imaginable…
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What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats. It’s why they got so worked up about Mamdani in the first place—the New York City mayoralty is not some omnipotent office, and there are a dozen ways to hem it in at the state and local level if they so wished. What these oligarchs spent to stop Mamdani feels like less on an annual basis than he wants them to pay for a better future for all New Yorkers, a joke Mamdani himself has made.
In any case, his slight tax increase on rich people, free buses, and city-run grocery stores are pretty far from a communist revolution. But that’s not how it appears to rich people, surrounded on all sides by yes-men and toadies, who spend several hours a day marinating in an online Nazi sewer.
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they’ll commit treason
And face no consequences.
It makes more sense when you understand that billionaire is a mental disorder.
But I bet if he was told he had to pay half his money as tax and the other half would absolutely be left alone, he would complain its a bad deal. Being rich is such a bizarre mind virus.
Projection.
Cuomo must be seething right now. Gotta love it.
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life.” - Mayor-elect Mamdani
You forgot the best part imo: “…but let tonight be the final time I utter his name”
A remarkably diplomatic turn of phrase, when what was really meant was, “Suck it, Cuomo!”
Hope it does wonders for his circulatory system.
It was disgusting stuff. But it also was palpably desperate, and coming from one of the worst candidates imaginable…
And yet 40% voted for him.
It also went up from earlier polls after the Trump endorsement, which helped minimize the impact of the actual GOP runner Silva.
Bigotry is certainly a strong sell to a large chunk of voters, but hell I think the red scare bullshit was probably even stronger. It’s wild how many people are still capitalist brainwashed and have no idea that socialism isn’t communism (or that either isn’t inherently bad somehow).
The red scare bullshit worked on the basis of having an actual State that was directly militarily opposed to the U.S.
Since there is no actual democratic socialist military enemy right now, and there are Muslim allied countries, it’s a really hard to sell him as being a traitor. During the red scare, it was super easy. You also had the FBI straight up prosecuting people and blocking careers for associating with the Communist party.
In my observation, the GOP is trying desperately to get back to that level of authoritarian control, but I don’t think they can anymore.
But now it works on the basis of being reinforced for so long that people just accept it without any thought.
excluding sliwa voters, the gap between mamdani and cuomo was the same as in the primary, which is incredibly shitty when you think about it
They most likely spent more money trying to stop him than they would have paid in a tax increase. Greed is legit illogical.
Let’s see how much he manages to complete his promises before we get too excited. He’s a politician
Even if he accomplishes nothing, he’s trying to do good and improve things. His ideas have been proven popular. That’s a huge improvement over what we had before.
I love that he’s proven popular. But the number of darling democrats turned republican or no-name, in recent years, has tempered my expectations. New York has him for a few years. Nothing can change about that. Now we can only observe and hope
Gullible appears to be anything but.
It’s better than raping women and not being punished for it
Woah man, you can’t just say that politicians rape women without consequences.
They also rape children, too.
One of the best headlines ever.
Is it bad that the title doesn’t help determine which dumb billionaire is the dumbest?
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Ah yes, as we all well know, politics is an all or nothing game with no compromise allowed on anything or anyone.
Except that you’re lying your ass off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-israel-palestine.html
So, since you have chosen Nothing, please disconnect your phone and Internet, move out into the middle of nowhere, and never inflict your presence in anyone ever again.
Oh, shut up.
LOL, easy block.
Like every other election the progressives have to battle all the other progressives while fighting everyone else.
