Major leaders in the Democratic party – including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and NY Governor Kathy Hochul – have still refused to endorse Democratic nominee for New York Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, despite him winning the primary fair and square.
In this ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ interview, Mehdi presses Doug Jones, a former Democratic senator from Alabama, on the matter. Jones admits, “If you were a Democratic leader, it’s hard to not endorse a Democratic nominee.”
“The mayor of New York’s got a whole bunch of folks that he’s got to deal with in order to get New York where he wants it to be,” Jones explains. “And that’s going to take some ability to compromise. If he [Mamdani] does that, he can be successful. So let’s give him the benefit of the doubt.”
What’s DLC?
Anyone taking bribes (from billionaires or otherwise) should be a given, right? Is it that all “Establishment Democrats” take bribes from billionaires? So there could be a national elected Democrat who is not an “Establishment Democrat”? And if taking bribes from billionaires was the qualification, wouldn’t that make trump an “Establishment Dem”?
When I think of “Establishment Democrats” I think about long-term federal officeholders like Schumer, but also Schiff and King (who is technically an Independent). They’re “Establishment” because they’re at the higher levels of office in the country. I could also see Cuomo being called “Establishment Democrat” because he’s in a huge city and has outsized sway, but that’s kind of different, hence my question.
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