Major Democratic donors — who poured tens of millions into a Super PAC for Cuomo — were having private discussions Wednesday about whether to back an independent run by Cuomo in November’s general election, or rally behind unpopular incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who’s also running as an independent.

Let the ratfucking commence, folks. the-democrat

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    Establishment Democrats looking to recover from 2024’s losses fear Mamdani could hurt the party’s brand nationally

    I don’t know what they think their brand is if “running a sexpest fossil with reactionary politics whose only qualification is that people know their name and losing” isn’t it

    I guess it’s only genuine Democratic Party™ if the election winner has the “R” label of authenticity

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      This is always the go-to excuse to refuse support for any actually progressive candidates. “Oh sure he’s super popular to unprecedented levels, but we can’t support them because they’re just not helping our electability y’know?”. Same shit every fucking time.