• Asafum@feddit.nl
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    20 hours ago

    On the one hand I’m surprised, but on the other I’m not since most political consultants are fucking out of touch idiots, but I think they were lazy and went for the more recent “hate Palestine or you’re an antisemite” bit and found it didn’t work.

    Next I’m worried they’re going to use the much more effective “defund the police makes you unsafe” bit and lean heavier into the “communist” game, if he doesn’t get deported first of course… I’m very happy he won the primary, but I have very little faith he’s going to win the general election unfortunately :/

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      17 hours ago

      Have a little faith, he’s the heavy favorite. The city’s unions and politicians are in the process of rallying around him, while his opponents are all jokes who likely won’t get as many votes combined as Zohran.

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      20 hours ago

      It was similar to Jeremy Corbyn (I’m not arguing he’s perfect) where they didn’t think he could beat Labour as an independent