“The mayor and I agree to strongly disagree about some of his endorsements,” Jeffries said following Tuesday’s election.

The election of three Democratic socialist candidates earlier this week in congressional races within New York City has many establishment Democrats worried — including, it appears, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

On Tuesday, Democratic Socialist of America (DSA)-aligned candidates Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Claire Valdez all won their primary races in districts within the city. Both Lander and Avila Chevalier ousted Democratic Party incumbents in their contests.

Reacting to those three candidates’ wins, Jeffries — who recognized the victories came after the endorsement of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is also a Democratic socialist — said it would be important for the two to bridge the gaps between their ideological stances.

“The mayor and I agree to strongly disagree about some of his endorsements,” Jeffries said after the election took place.

Jeffries seemed to imply that Mamdani’s endorsements could be detrimental to the Democratic Party overall. He also said it would be Mamdani’s responsibility, not the candidates themselves, to make him and other party members feel at ease.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Because he placates people to his right and he figures that’s just how it’s supposed to work.

  • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    22·
    21 hours ago

    Eat shit, you mono party corpo slave. Your handlers (campaign donors) don’t feel safe donating to republicans anymore, and voters who have any sort of information outside of corporate controlled media are not getting sufficiently brain washed, and you’re fucking scared that your gonna get primaried next.

    Oh you promise “incremental change” oh you plead “don’t make the good the enemy of the perfect”.

    But fuck you, you’re part of the problem. The base is shifting under your feet, and appeals to “bipartisan consensus” fall flat when the other side of the aisles are being fascist fuck nuts. You’re the far right of American politics now, because the republican’s aren’t politics anymore. You need to justify your position to voters, no just lean on “the other side is worse”.

    What policy do you take issue with, tell the voters why your solution is better for them than what the DSA is offering. Not in terms of “electability” because your idea of that keeps loosing elections that should be a home run. Give voters a reason to support you or get the fuck out of office.