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Zohran25

(31 posts)
6. Regardless they should be asking local questions.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 02:32 PM
Jun 21

Gotcha questions such as those asking about Mamdani support for Palestine are trying to diverge attention away from the real problems face at home. Look at how the media is not trying to press Cupmo on his far more problematic record as governor of New York. The establishment is more fearful of a democratic socialist than a sexual predator running the largest city in America.

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I know Mamdani is supposed to be progressive, but making a statement like that in... brush Jun 19 #1
Mamdani was trying to explain the origin of the word intifada. Zohran25 Jun 21 #2
Equating it to the Warsaw ghetto uprising in WWll was not smart... brush Jun 21 #3
The Palestinians were fighting for their liberation just as European Jews did against Nazism. Zohran25 Jun 21 #4
I'm a staunch supporter of the Palestinians in Gaza. Again, why go there... brush Jun 21 #5
Regardless they should be asking local questions. Zohran25 Jun 21 #6
Politics has plenty of pitfalls, gotcha questions and good/poor decisions to make. brush Jun 21 #7
Lashing out at plotting "Zionists" two days before the election is not a winning strategy. RandySF Jun 22 #9
They are trying to take Mamdani down. Zohran25 Jun 22 #11
Corbyn presided over the spread of antisemitism in the Labour Party. RandySF Jun 22 #12
All of which was a smear campaign to stop Corbyn from becoming prime minister. Zohran25 Jun 22 #15
It's all a smear, right. RandySF Jun 22 #16
Corbyn was nuts though Polybius Jun 22 #18
I am not comfortable with this candidate LetMyPeopleVote Jun 22 #8
You are not comfortable with economic justice? Zohran25 Jun 22 #10
LOL I was a Clinton delegate to the 2016 National Convention LetMyPeopleVote Jun 22 #13
What real issues? He is one of the few morally decent people running in the primary. Zohran25 Jun 22 #14
Really? This candidate has a past that raises issues LetMyPeopleVote Jun 22 #17
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