Sour Jeffries Says Mamdani Has 'Work To Do' After His Candidates Oust House Incumbents
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The House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats follow Tuesday's primary upsets.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections.

Asked if Mamdani’s endorsements were making him “enemies” with Democrats in Washington, D.C., Jeffries told CNN that he and Mamdani “strongly” disagreed over his primary picks ahead of Election Day.

Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”

  • neatchee@piefed.socialEnglish
    802·
    9 hours ago

    They’re not cowards. They know exactly what they’re doing. Mamdani doesn’t play ball with their established process. He is a threat to their paychecks and control. Mamdani just indicated to all of them “You might be the next one to lose your job if I decide I want someone else in your district”.

    They are not cowards. They are strategists prioritizing their own wants above that of the voters and human decency

    • unfortunate_ferret@piefed.caEnglish
      392·
      8 hours ago

      They are strategists prioritizing their own wants above that of the voters and human decency

      Right, that’s what we said. Cowards.

      • neatchee@piefed.socialEnglish
        171·
        7 hours ago

        you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means

        Greed and selfishness aren’t a form of cowardice, as far as I’m aware? To be cowardly, there must be a thing you are afraid of, the fear of which is preventing you from doing something you want or feel that you need to do

        Don’t let them off with just being scared. They’re selfish and amoral

          • neatchee@piefed.socialEnglish
            9·
            4 hours ago

            No, it’s really not, and you give them too much credit by saying that.

            Greed for these people is about having the biggest dick in the room. It’s about superiority and “winning”.

            It’s far more distasteful than fear

            EDIT: And furthermore, having fear doesn’t make you a coward. Cowardice is, again, when there is something you want or think you should do but you refuse due to fear of something.

            They just want to be rich. Even if it’s fear of poverty, that’s not cowardice.