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Why can't Black politics produce a Black version of Zohran Mamdani?
- Thread starter Voice of Reason
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Who and when?
Go look back at his pre-election threads. We always knew he was a fukk up... especially those of us who are from NY
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Ask yourself why so many black people will still idolize Jay Z and Beyonce after they were dining with the Kushners and you’ll have your answer.
Black people are not immune from being indoctrinated to idolize capitalism and black capitalists in line with that. Despite the fact that it has not and will not help the masses. I’ve worked in finance for 20 years and it has only made me more anti capitalist.
AnonymityX1000
Veteran
No you haven’t. They crashed out to the point where Cori Bush is begging to run again
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What House Speaker McCarthy’s concessions to get elected mean for the nation
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You're so dishonest for a defeated cause. lol
voltronblack
Superstar
I don't know why no one tries to compare Mamdani with Bill de Blasio, seeing how on the surface they share more in common. Overview of Bill de Blasio: from reading about Bill, I said he is more to the left than Mamdani when it comes to the police.Bill de Blasio served as the 109th Mayor of New York City from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and previously held the position of New York City Public Advocate from 2010 to 2013.
Bill de Blasio | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Bill de Blasio, American Democratic politician who was mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. He also served as Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager for her successful senatorial run in 2000 and as a New York City councillor (2002–09). Learn more about de Blasio’s life and career.www.britannica.com
Major Initiatives
Universal Pre-K: Launched a program to provide free early childhood education.
Affordable Housing: Oversaw the creation of over 200,000 affordable homes.
Homelessness Action Plan: Introduced "The Journey Home" initiative to address homelessness.
Climate Initiatives: Advocated for the Climate Mobilization Act to make NYC net-carbon-neutral by 2050.
Post-Mayoral Career
After leaving office, de Blasio briefly ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 but withdrew before the primary. He has since focused on non-profit work.
Political career: campaign manager and councillor
Mayor of New York City
In January 2013 de Blasio announced outside his Brooklyn home his intention to run for mayor of New York City. Underestimated during much of the Democratic Party primary, de Blasio secured the nomination with more than 40 percent of the vote, 14 points ahead of second-place finisher William Thompson, the former city comptroller. De Blasio was again underestimated by his opponents in the mayoral race, but his campaign gained traction as he came to be seen as the embodiment of change in a city led for more than 12 years by independent Michael Bloomberg.
Support for de Blasio transcended class and racial divides. Under Bloomberg’s mayorship, New York City had become safer, more prosperous, and arguably more pleasant (notably through bold urban development projects) but also infamously unaffordable for all but the wealthiest New Yorkers. De Blasio placed economic inequality at the centre of his campaign, adopting the theme of New York as a tale of two cities where a few do incredibly well while the many struggle to pay for life’s necessities. More concretely, de Blasio promised to raise taxes on New Yorkers earning more than $500,000 a year and to use the resulting monies to improve education in the city, notably by providing universal prekindergarten. De Blasio also vowed to promote affordable housing and to better protect renters against abusive landlords.
Another key element of de Blasio’s campaign was his commitment to reform the so-called stop-and-frisk program of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) authorizing police officers to stop, question, and search individuals suspected of criminal activity without the need of probable cause. Seen by some as an effective crime-reduction tool, the NYPD stop-and-frisk practice was decried by many, including de Blasio, for unfairly targeting African Americans and people of Hispanic descent.
Republican Party mayoral candidate Joe Lhota and other critics warned that de Blasio’s policies would lead wealthy taxpayers to leave the city (negatively affecting tax revenues) and jeopardize the drastic reduction in violent crime achieved in the city by the previous two administrations, but in November 2013 de Blasio won the mayoral race in a landslide, receiving almost three-quarters of the vote. He was the first Democrat to win the New York mayoral election in more than two decades. At his inauguration in 2014, de Blasio was sworn in by former U.S. president Bill Clinton.
As mayor, de Blasio undertook a number of progressive initiatives, including his campaign pledge of universal prekindergarten. The program, which made “pre-K” available to every four-year-old in the city, was widely seen as a success. He also oversaw a continued decline in the police’s use of stop-and-frisk. Despite critics’ prediction of an upswing in crime, the city’s crime rate fell. In addition, de Blasio focused on income inequality. However, his efforts to impose a “millionaire’s tax” on wealthy New York City residents met resistance from state legislators, who were responsible for approving tax changes. In 2017 de Blasio was easily reelected mayor.
In May 2019 de Blasio announced that he was running for president the following year, joining a crowded field that included 22 other Democrats. However, he was unable to garner much support, and he dropped out of the race in September.
HarlemHottie
Uptown Thoroughbred
There's a whole bunch of weirdos who live in red states and think they know what a NYC progressive looks like. To them, Adams= black= progressive. Like we ain't watch him c00n all these yrs, a complete lack of nuance.Who and when?
Go look back at his pre-election threads. We always knew he was a fukk up... especially those of us who are from NY
I'm sure I was called maga for shytting on him in the run up to the election, just like my opinion on Mamdani was dismissed. Yet, I keep being right.
voltronblack
Superstar
Right, it's one thing to run for office, it's another thing to govern from office.
They were in the majority dipshytAfter four days of defeats, Republican Kevin McCarthy was finally elected as Speaker of the House on the 15th vote, the most attempts since before the Civil War. His dramatic victory came after a series of concessions that will give hardline conservatives greater influence in the House. Sarah Binder, a political scientist at George Washington University, joins John Yang to discuss what this means.
What House Speaker McCarthy’s concessions to get elected mean for the nation
After four days of defeats, Republican Kevin McCarthy was finally elected as Speaker of the House on the 15th vote, the most attempts since before the Civil War. His dramatic victory came after a series of concessions that will give hardline conservatives greater influence in the House. Sarah...
You're so dishonest for a defeated cause. lol
Gritsngravy
Superstar
Dude is slow and can’t read so I don’t know how people entertain the bullshyt
AnonymityX1000
Veteran
Neither were these Conservatives. There were 8 of them. You're either really dumb or dishonest. You pick.
are you specifically asking for ADOS? I think Nina Turner pretty closely fits that bill @Voice of Reason. There's also this guy running in Boston but he's non-ADOS.
voltronblack
Superstar
He would have been better off running as an independent Democrat or something like that; no way can I see people voting for a black socialist.You wanted them to enact concessions about a foreign war?
Too many factions
Not enough money
Old guard is bought and sold
Too many cǒons
Not enough “real” conversations
Too many CACS all up in the koolaid
Crack / instagram / AIDS
Not enough money
Old guard is bought and sold
Too many cǒons
Not enough “real” conversations
Too many CACS all up in the koolaid
Crack / instagram / AIDS
Rasille
(Rah.Zil.E)
A real black progressive would try to help black people. And we know the name of the game is benign neglect. So they would never put a real black progressive on. What we’re left with is a version of black progressives who do the bidding of their white counterparts in words and actions.
