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Zohran Mamdani and the false promise of "Vote Blue No Matter Who" [1]
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Date: 2025-06-27
Since 2016, progressives like myself have been told to “Vote Blue No Matter Who”. When our preferred candidates, like Bernie Sanders, were defeated, we were told by moderate Democratic candidates to put our differences aside, not be selfish, and support them. Even if we had policy disagreements, it would be for the greater good to support those candidates to avoid electing a Republican.
We obliged.
The New York City Democratic mayoral primary has illuminated what I suspected to be the case: this agreement only went one way. To be fair, some of Mamdani’s Democratic critics and Andrew Cuomo’s supporters are now supporting Mamdani. For example, Representative Jerry Nadler and Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn both endorsed Mamdani after previously endorsing other candidates.
But now top New York Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are dragging their feet in endorsing Mamdani. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand implied in a recent radio show appearance that Mamdani had called for “global jihad” in the past. Long Island Democrat Laura Gillen denounced the man who got the most votes in the Democratic primary, calling Mamdani an “extremist” and making baseless accusations that he is antisemitic.
What I take from all this is that “Vote Blue No Matter Who” always went one way. It was a slogan to badger progressives into supporting moderate candidates, but now that the shoe is on the other foot, moderate politicians are suddenly unwilling to put aside their differences. To them I say the same thing they told me:
I am sorry that your preferred candidate lost. I understand you may not agree with all of the positions taken by Zohran Mamdani. Nevertheless, it is time to support our Democratic nominee for the sake of maintaining Democratic Party unity as we fight against fascism.
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