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(51,270 posts)89. Is Trump on the New York  Mayoral ballot?
        
								
                                        
                                        
							
								 
								
									
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        I do not believe that Graham Platner was an advocate for the anti-Harris "Leave it Blank" movement.
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
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        Well, she's popular enough to be elected governor and in the current climate of anti-GOP sentiment...
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
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        I do not find anti-gay slurs, racist rhetoric, or violent misogyny or a lack of forthcomingness regarding the Totenkopf...
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
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        As Democrats, we can do better and not leap for the first fellow that comes along with a high profile endorsement.
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
        #105
      
        
        Yeah, but outside of Eric Adams most people don't know who these very few people are
        Quiet Em
        Wednesday
        #54
      
        
        Together we discovered there are Democrats endorsing the Independent over the Democratic nominee.
        Emile
        Wednesday
        #61
      
        
        Yes, thank goodness. I hate to think Democrats would endorse the Centrist Independent Cuomo over
        Emile
        Wednesday
        #64
      
        
        I guess "2" is a number. Even lacking an endorsement, I guess we should all be thankful that no Democrat is...
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
        #34
      
        
        Not a Democrat, a Socialist Democrat.  Is this the new image of the party, for 2026?
        question everything
        Wednesday
        #88
      
        
        It's important to distinguish between the primary and the general election.
        MadameButterfly
        Wednesday
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        The "leave it blank" movement was a tool of voter suppression and an encouragement of apathy that lingered and carried...
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
        #49
      
        
        I'm ignoring nothing. I'm especially not ignoring those who promoted such idiocy and party treachery.
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
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        What I heard was he was claiming the issue was more nuanced than posters understood
        MadameButterfly
        Wednesday
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        It's part of a victim complex that exists on the far left. Something they share with the far right
        nycbos
        Wednesday
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        People like this are incapable of self reflection or any kind of self accountability.
        nycbos
        Wednesday
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        OK, we need to define who you are saying the far left is that is playing victim.
        MadameButterfly
        Wednesday
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        It's what they say (claim) about him while not endorcing, that's the "ganging up"
        krawhitham
        Wednesday
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        RE: PLantner. There are some who argue that his ink was applied while he was in active duty and that getting a tattoo
        3Hotdogs
        Wednesday
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        I can assure you that supporting the "leave it blank" movement was not "mainstream" or "establishment" or "centrist".
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
        #99
      
        
        Yes... defunding the police is not "mainstream" or "centrist" or "establishment" either.
        QueerDuck
        Wednesday
        #100
      
        
        They initially treated Bernie Sanders the same way when he ran for President in 2016
        ChicagoTeamster
        Wednesday
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        I know he didn't win. I'm just pointing out the similarities to how they treated Bernie and Mamdani.
        ChicagoTeamster
        Wednesday
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        And then Sanders became a millionaire and much more well known -- and proceeded to lose in 2020 even worse.
        W_HAMILTON
        Wednesday
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        No, it's actually how we got Biden and got rid of Trump, thank you very much.
        W_HAMILTON
        Wednesday
        #107
      
        
        Sanders is not a Democrat.  Seems that we are moving into creating a new face of the party
        question everything
        Wednesday
        #92
      
        
        a handful of Democrats, mostly NY pols, are playing politics in their own state
        bigtree
        Wednesday
        #51
      
        
        Once people see what it is like to have a $30 per hour min. wage, free childcare, free transportation & rent controls
        MichMan
        Wednesday
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        Conspiracy theories about cartoon villain Democrats are what makes people cynical.
        betsuni
        Wednesday
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