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Majesterial Joy's avatar

People voted for him because we are TIRED of being ruled by old men who do not care about us at all.

We are tired of old white men who attack the young, the Constitution, and our basic freedoms.

We are tired of Israeli wars that give us no benefits, but cost trillions

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Mommadillo's avatar

Old white man here. Even I’M tired of being ruled by old white men.

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BluPeople Forever's avatar

Thought I was “keeping up” with major events & elections.. however, except for wondering how ANDREW C got back in… I know nothing of this Democrat

Socialist … I want to know more & I am way SOUTH IN A DEEP RED STATE with a true blue heart💙

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John Palmeter's avatar

I agree! I am in “liberal” Arlington VA and that Cuomo creep snuck right past me…So much going on

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Marion Gray's avatar

This is exciting I live in California n can’t wait to find out more about him Congrats

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Judy Powers's avatar

Great victory! Hope it survives rank choice analysis which will be done next week.

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Alan Bond's avatar

There CANNOT be a 'jewish' state any more than there can be a 'christian' state or an 'islamic' state. These are religious BELIEFS which are opinions ONLY and NONE are based on facts. The truth of the matter is that ALL relgions are a means of CONTROL and that is why FREE thinkers do NOT embrace ANY religion. Nobody HAS to believe in an entity called 'god' as their is NO god - it is all in the minds of those who believe just as there are those who believe in the tooth fairy. One escapable FACT is that more people have been MURDERED in the name of one religion or another than for ANY other reason

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John Palmeter's avatar

I love this! Those are my inside thoughts… Free thinking. What a glorious concept

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M Crow's avatar

Never apologize for your rants, that's the best part!

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John's avatar

Hi, I am an old white guy celebrating Mamdani's showing, and also extremely appreciative of your (combined Francesca and Wajahat) jubilation in reporting it. You rant, you rave, you keep it up! Thank you both for your efforts.

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sharen's avatar

Kudus to the voters of NYC. They voted for the best candidate regardless of race or religion. That is the American spirit.

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Jane Forth's avatar

By the grace of God! This raises my hope for the survival of the US as a democratic and humanitarian form of government.

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Wanda's avatar
2dEdited

Go Mandani We Needed some New Ish Congrats!

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Linda Low's avatar

Woke up to exciting news!!!!! Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 we need to shake up the political system and vote out the corrupt establishment and useless politicians!!!

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Jo Greenwood's avatar

Oh, Waj, thank you for your righteous rant! I am thrilled to wake up to this news today!

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Mindy's avatar
2dEdited

Is he running for mayor of New York. A lot of the young people on Substack Love him. It sounds so encouraging ! I hope he wins and can make changes for the better. We need someone with courage, the right kind of courage. Jeffries is a terrible leader he is so weak. Al Greene brought up impeachment articles today and most of the Democrats including Jeffries voted no. If he had more fight in him he might be able to convince at least 3 republicans to Impeach him.

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Steve Haddon's avatar

Re: "will send political shockwaves throughout the nation".

Hopefully, (at the very least), it will send political shockwaves throughout the Democrat Party. They have been bought by the rich and completely lost touch with the people they should be representing.

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ROSANNE SLOANE's avatar

beyond amazing!! Monoon wedding? AMAZING Take this moment and just love it!

There will be more pushback. Take the moment. He's the future!!

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Jb's avatar

The haters lost, and I'm here for their meltdown

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Jenny Benjamin's avatar

There is so much spontaneous excitement for Mamdani’s win—you can just see the energy pulsating through the crowds in New York. Any candidate would want to bottle that but you can’t—It’s real relief and happiness for a decent natural leader winning over the same same that isn’t working for we the people. Yes!

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Sally Betscher's avatar

Oh, and I'm a white person who is crying with joy that Mamdani won. I agree that a certain (way too large) percentage of whites are rascist fucks, but we are not all.

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