It doesn't matter anymore. The kids are full in on the right and its only going to get worse. I'd be shocked if we don't see a youtuber pres within the next 3 elections.
It doesn't matter anymore. The kids are full in on the right and its only going to get worse. I'd be shocked if we don't see a youtuber pres within the next 3 elections.
Can't we find non rapists to run?
Republican-lite Cuomo. He should never hold office again.
We need to send @aoc.bsky.social to the white house as president.
How much can a poor country bear?
I hate Cuomo and his ilk but he's 67. Can we stop pretending that everyone over 50 is a worthless piece of shit that should move to the old folks' home? Fire and spirit are great but there is something to wisdom coming with age, too. Pelosi first became Speaker at 66 and accomplished amazing things.
The only thing Pelosi accomplished is the primary of any progressive candidate that should have ignited our party and move us further forward. But, oooh, she does love that corporate and super PAC cheddar, though.
There is no answer to this level of political ignorance in a political discussion. Look up Pelosi's accomplishments and get back to me when you actually know what you're talking about. Start with the ACA. You should be able to find some info on that even if the only place you look is TikTok.
Ah yes, ending with ad hominem attacks, making assumptions about my level of information because I DARE point out flaws in our party that will need to be corrected if we are to survive. Look up Pelosi and her husband's stock market trades. Check out who has contributed to her over the years.
The ACA was a way to placate the masses and still keep our broken private insurance system in place. People were starting to wonder why we don't have what most developed countries have, so they put together the ACA to shut people up about single-payer healthcare.
The problem with putting youth in charge is that they think in black/white in the very gray world and believe that massive change happens with the snap of fingers. Millions of people are insured now that are very able to see this as the stepping stone it is. I bet you've never not had insurance.
Your assumptions are wrong. Perhaps consider that you are wrong about other things. When she supported Bernie, she was maligned. When she calls out the old guard for doing questionable things, she is maligned. She has not tempered her message. Everyone else just caught up to her.
She has tempered her attacks on her own party. That's simply a reality. She has started to understand that just wanting things to happen doesn't make them happen. That is a fallacy of youth. I assume you are working on the list of accomplishments...
Why don't you work on that list since the onus is on you to prove your thesis.
Can't find any AOC accomplishments? My thesis was that older people shouldn't be treated like shit and my example was Pelosi starting as Speaker at 66 and her many accomplishments (which you denied she had). So, here's the proof of my thesis. You said youth is the way to go. So, where's yours?
And, while I'm growing to like AOC for what she's becoming as a politician now that she's getting older and has learned to temper herself when it comes to attacking her own party constantly, can you go ahead and list all of AOC's many political accomplishments?
For you to say that Pelosi accomplished nothing was pure ignorance. No one is arguing that the Democrats don't need to evolve but it's not going to happen by putting the youth in charge and shitting on all the experienced people. If you don't like people thinking you're ageist, don't be ageist.
If he won, then a couple years as mayor...he'd be running for president at 70 or 74 and probably hoping for 2 terms, which would make him 79 or 83 while in the White House. I don't think it's against to want a president who would begin their term before 70. What ever happened to retirement?
That's a lot of 'ifs'. And, it's ageist to judge everyone in an age group as a monolithic cohort. How about we not let anyone under 27 vote since the rational part of their brain isn't yet fully developed? That is literally a more valid biological reality than whatever the ageism is based on.
Out of all things to hate Cuomo Age isn’t one of them
Some say she's good at this!
Eh I don’t think Cuomo is running for Prez and who cares. He won’t win. I am not crazy about this whole agist thing going. 67 is not old. 80 yeah, but come on.
+4 years he's 71 at the end of the mayoral term. 67 is the retirement age currently in the U.S.. 71 is more than double the minimum age requirement to be POTUS. Average life expectancy for men in the US is 75.8 yrs., which would be his age if he were to run for a 2nd term. 67 isn't old, but c'mon...
How the heck do these bloated, festering political corpses keep resurfacing?
Even though I am old, I appreciate the sentiment behind the “gerontocracy” quip. But AOC partners with Bernie, and when she’s Cuomo’s age, I expect she will still be fighting for the disenfranchised. The progressive movement needs youth but also needs breadth.
Cuomo is Trump 3.0 and we will not make that mistake again…. come on NYC😎
Why are Dems supporting a known sexual assaulter at all? Gen Z, this is partly why this forever-Democrat is now an unaffiliated voter. Kick the garbage to the curb. Save yourselves.
Not a chance in hell.
Lock him up!
America stop voting for sexual predators challenge. Difficulty level: Apparently impossible.
I really had no problem with Coumo, I believe he was pretty much set up with the sexual harassment
I will say it again , Go Away Andrew Cuomo and take your brother with you
"Gerontocracy" is ageist hate speech and ageism is as evil and disgusting as racism, sexism, homophobia or any other bigotry. Cuomo's policies and actions are what disqualify him, not his age — or would you vote for him if he was 37 and just as vile as he is at 67? In other words, go fuck yourself.
I cannot fathom people who want to go backwards. Stop voting for disgraced politicians.
Exactly!!!!!
Yeah, that worked out so well for the last corrupt NY mayor who ran for president, and he had all the political capitol from 9/11 backing him. I'm not worried about Cuomo; he's a gnat.
Ugh. That's a terrifying thought. Even more reason for Americans all over the country to support Zohran's campaign. Seriously, I wish my town could have a mayor half as cool as @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Don't worry there's not going to be anymore elections, the messiah is the last one there will be no more Presidents!
Andrew had every privilege, advantage, & opportunity in life. His grandparents were hard-working Italian immigrants. His dad was a beloved NY Governor. What did he do with all of that? Nothing good. He’s been in the public eye for decades, trying only to amass power & clout. He’s not a good guy.
Better shut her down DNC! You don’t want anyone messing with your elite ball licking
And AOC will fall in line when the rubber hits the road just like she did with Biden lmao
My god she is savvy. When she was elected I had no idea she would be *this* good.
If he wants to run for president its all because of Trump, he's probably thinking even with everything Trump did and is currently doing in oval office, he can get in there and run the grift and con on the public like Trump.
A) NYC Mayor isn’t a POTUS launch pad. C) Cuomo is a d*** & everyone in both parties hates him. D) Despite the above he was an effective executive which is part of why the above is true. E) He should know when to stay down. F) all that said, Dems need to stop shutting down effective leaders.
It’ll be fine.
So you want to rig the system against him? Why is that? Sounds to me like someone's afraid of losing to him.
"losing an election is the same as rigging the system" man come on lol
Reading comprehension not your strong suit, apparently
You're right; I read the initial post and nothing I read that remotely suggested "rigging" anything so yeah, I am struggling to comprehend what you are talking about
I'll let the struggle remain real for you.
Definitely easier than explaining something that's obviously bullshit so fair play, very efficient
Also, "mayoralty" is preferred usage. To the extent it isn't used disfavorably, "mayorship" generally refers to a particular office-holder's term or terms in office, not to the office itself.
Cuomo is 25 years older than Washington was when he became our first president. We need to reverse this whole “older is better” narrative.
Stop him if you live in New York!
bsky.app/profile/vied... Can we have someone please talk about pfoas poisoning all of us AOC
Omg. You guys want perfection rather than someone who gets shit done. (Actually you want AOC/DSA abd that is why Dems keep losing. )
Actually, the DNC primaried a whole bunch of progressives. And the DNC's candidates lost.
Primaries in both parties favor extreme voices. DSA is a pile of steaming shyte
The corporate takeover of the Democratic Party is embarrassing. The only redeeming quality about them are the new voices within that reject that paradigm. How can they point fingers at the corruption of Elon Musk when they are benefitting from the same system that created him?
DSA has thus far always gone too far. That's the problem.
“””TRUTH IS TRUTH”””
If AOC wants to end the gerontocracy, she will have to run against Schumer for senate.
Self entitlement from the establishment gave us Trump, twice. Not again.
AOC is fantastic. This middle aged struggling white man gives his full support, and I’d rather see her than do the same “we can’t win without a moderate” losing strategy that hasn’t been effective. You need to give people hope for better, not a return to the status quo.
The elite of the Democratic Party are all 1 percenters, just like the Maga party, and they’ll do anything to stop Bernie and AOC. That’s why they’ve brought Andrew Cuomo back from the dead.
I’ve noticed the anti AOC rhetoric kick up on here. Hilarious that they need to have a think tank to justify the next establishment pick instead of acknowledging the people that have the momentum, who actually will make everyone’s lives better.
Cuomo is a zionist, and the Democratic leadership is wildly pro-zionist. That's the whole problem. Israel's control of the leadership of both parties has been the root problem for decades.
If only her party's leadership shared her energy, her passion and her ability to rise to the moment...
She will become the leadership AOC’28
For sure Cuomo is bad but not Mamdani would likely be worse. His plans are actually bad for housing and raising taxes on individuals and corps will worsen exodus of wealthy from NYC. At some point need people to tax. Not one time have i heard anyone speaking about bringing business or jobs to nyc
I am dumbfounded how people view things. Taxing the wealthy is the only sensible, rational position. How can you even pretend to address everything else if you can’t finance anything. People confound me. You claim to want change but continue to vote for status quo.
Tbh, all their informative years, they have been conditioned; paper straws & separate things into bins can stop hurricanes. Yet their “teachers” jet setting from east coast to west just 4 ice cream, to Europe for teas and back to watch hick Kelce get that glorious touchdown that saves humanity. So.
I think u misunderstand me. We r losing wealthy people and businesses. Further taxing both will lead to more leaving. When you have less people to tax u have less money to pay for the programs. NYC wealthy residents have the highest effective tax rate in US so at some point u will end up negative
The wealthy people who moved to Texas from California are severely regretting it, because all the talent want to remain in California. They said this about us during COVID as well, but all we did was move from the 5th in world wealth to the 4th.
Only bc we are still focus on taxing the wrong people. Billionaires are the problem. Concentrated wealth is the problem. You wanna be a millionaire I got no problem w/ that. But greed has limits. Billionaire status is the destruction of democracy, the heavy handed rule of oligarchy bc we gave/1
Them all the marbles. It’s time we take it back, thru gov’t and redistribute that wealth back into the economy of the 95%. No one under billionaire status should ever need to pay more tax. Just the guys who have all the money & don’t pay any taxes at all. /2
At some point the wealthy has no place to go. They'll move further away into their enclaves. Their security forces will leave them (if not collared with explosives to keep them "loyal.") And they lack the ability to maintain their fortresses of solitude. Let's make them leave. Soon. Fuck'em
That’s a bit extreme. How about we just have a wealth tax for billionaires like every other country in the world. Why do you think so many billionaires like Musk & Murdoch come here? No Taxes! We act as if they are doing us a favor when in fact they are bleeding our economy dry. Increasing poverty!
We're being TOLD that if we HAVE a wealth TAX the oligarchs will take up their moneybags and leave. So, I'm 100% behind a wealth tax. If they leave, so be it.
And, well, it's unlikely we'll muster any painful taxes via complicit government in the next four years, but we can make America Suck Again for the gilded age profiteers. We did it before, we can do it again. Take your moneybags and run away.
There are some great books about the Teapot Dome Scandal, the Great Depression & FDR’s Great Recovery. We have been thru this before. There was a time when the rich got too rich & toppled the entire economy. We can look back & see just how to avert that crisis.We have a blueprint from FDR as to how1
To fix it, and it is fixable. But voters simply must be smarter about who they choose to be the fixers. Spoilers: try electing Smart people! That would at least be a step in the right direction./2
The issue isn’t taxing the wealthy more which i agree wholeheartedly. The issue is only taxing the wealthy in two places and then losing that tax base to low tax areas
Look we have allowed for spiraling debt & wealth consolidation, there is no easy pain free fix. What needs to happen to repair the imbalance is going to be painful, they will fight it. Until we win & things get extraordinarily better. Again history shows us what we can reclaim. 1950’s economy/1
Boasted the largest middle class in history. So much so that we made a sociological jump from multi-generational households to independent family housing w/single earners supporting now multiple households previously requiring grandparents, parents & kids to collective support a single home.We /2
Um, where will they run to? They need their creature comforts. What if there's no there to go to that isn't one of their bunkers? As climate change and unrest and lack of food continues, there will be fewer and fewer places of refuge. For anyone. You are 20 years behind the times.
AOC needs to leave the party. Dems have enabled conservative policy for 50 years and counting
Much as I admire AOC’s activism, energy & many policy stances, this ageist gerontocracy argument is not a good look. Need better arguments to not support him besides “he’s old.”
You are missing the point.. Not Cuomo, Schumer.
Didn't she support Bernie Sanders like 5 minutes ago?
Sanders isn't running for president. Cuomo isn't all that old. With Pelosi and Biden gone, the only geriatric in the Dem leadership is Schumer.
He was running 5 years ago. He was 77 back then. I like her too, but I'm free to point out inconsistency between her speech now and how she acted.
He would never get past South Carolina in the primaries, so don’t worry about it too much. Also maybe don’t let him be mayor.
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We could go after New York voters like they do South Carolina voters, but we won't. It's not polite to harass people because of the results of their elections. 😇
I agree but it's worth remembering that New York Mayoral race is usually weird and not at all indicative of national popularity. So even if he wins for whatever reason, he's absolutely a long shot in a presidential primary. He will get destroyed early on, IMHO.
I agree, but the problem with his type is they will most definitely poison the well for anyone else, especially those on the left. All his type do is take their own failings, which are plenty and try and place the blame on the left. Unfortunately, that resonates with some, even though it is a lie.
100%
he would be cocky enough to try when trump's gone gone and im talking about 6 feet under
Good point. I hope NY rejects this corrupt candidate. He could take us where Trump is going. Using populism instead of hate. Charisma and corruption are a bad combo.
Andrew Cuomo is a dangerous creep who has ZERO respect for women.
I just don’t understand how it is that the choices for NYC are so poor and yet there are millions of people in the city and the state. What is happening to/with NY?! Come on people, step up!!
Yeah, that asshole should not be voted back into any office. Another grifting thief!
Please ascend! I am a 73 year old progressive and we need your energy, ideas and spunk!
I'm pretty sure he was "dead" to us the minute those accusations flew and he quit.
The democrat mayoral candidate hates white people.. wants to tax them extra. Hates Italians too?
Discrimination based on Age & Gender. AOC is an evil, far left extremist.
As an aging man in an increasingly competitive and younger workforce, I don't care. It's less about age of body, than age of thought. Bernie, for instance, thinks like someone who actually has a stake in the future.
How fucking awesome is she? 👏👏👏
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Nah we're probably gonna get stuck with a fucking Newsom/Clinton ticket or some other bullshit.
DeSantis wanted to run for president and look how that turned out. He lost the Republican primary. In Florida.
He is the best choice for Mayor.
You go girl!!
The dangers simply that another right wing Looney will win the presidency.
Cuomo sucks but mayor of NY is a dead end job. Even if a young guy like Mamdani wins it will likely be the last political office he will ever hold.
If she wants to be president, she has my vote.
💯!
When he was governor he did not want to run for president. So why now?
Maybe she IS listening to the emails I sent her. I specifically told her that “you better figure out a way to get the octogenarians out of Congress and Senate and start primarying the safe democrats that aren’t doing their jobs before I give another dime”
I’m 63 and I totally agree, we need term limits and required retirement. Those old people need a hobby. How about connecting them with young people.
Oh! and Cuomo needs to get a life!
AOC if you run for president I am voting for you.
Why isn't she fighting this hard to start a price war in the rental market to drive down housing costs?
Is this going to stop anyone from voting for Cuomo? If they’re ok with him being mayor why would they not be ok with him running for President?
Right on! This man should have been jailed!
Powerful stuff.
Why would new Yorkers elect him ???
The voters decide not cry babies like AOC or apparently you!!
Tell us how you really feel
Hell no no more liars no more crooks no more rich
Lmfao @ the notion of him making it out of a primary (assuming it too isn't rigged by the establishment) (plz stop doing that Dems)
AGAIN, CUOMO IS A DEMOCRAT IN NAME ONLY… A DINO. 😂🤣 CUOMO IS 100% A PIECE OF SHIT. LIKE ERIC ADAMS, HE 100% IS CORRUPT. …REMEMBER HOW HE “MANAGED” ALBANY AS GOVERNOR?!? TOTAL CORRUPTION 24/7/365. DON’T LET ME DOWN, NEW YORK! YOU GOT THIS. VOTE PROGRESSIVE UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.
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Not for nothing, CUOMO will win. He's the only one that can stand up to Trump.
Cuomo is funded by MAGA.
Cuomo literally spent years of his time as governor working with the IDC to give Republicans control of the state. He gave $1 billion to Elon Musk to create jobs in Buffalo that never happened. He is funded by the same people as Trump. Please be serious.
I’ll take Cuomo over any MAGA anytime of the day
Ok but you know there are several other great candidates for mayor of NYC, we don’t need to settle for that washed up dirtbag. This isn’t Cuomo vs MAGA, it is Cuomo vs progressive candidates who actually live in NYC.
Vance vs. Cuomo is the stuff of nightmares.
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Now the Fuhrer Donald Trump wants to give them a parade? Solder remember your OATH!! and don't be fooled into attacking you own people for Him!
They need to get rid of Adam’s with all the illegal stuff he’s into. Diddy/Amber Rose..music/wait until they find out the truth about it, him, her, he she, excuse me/wtf ever lol DIDDY connections, 🫢😤🤯😱🤢🤮 it’ll ruin music/movies/you watch 4 sure! You’ll end up changing the channel
But no one wants him either. 🤣🤣🤣
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As a 65 year old lifelong democrat , I agree with her and that’s why I didn’t vote for Cuomo today.
Me neither
How is even legally allowed to run I don’t know but yes GET HIM AWAY
Though we already tried a "groper" in that position...not again, again.
Literally the last thing on my mind.
How does that dirty mfer get a pass? NYC so dirty
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I can’t believe people would even consider voting for Cuomo, for mayor or president. I would love to see @aoc.bsky.social on the 2028 ticket.
Exactly. I don’t know with the 2028 primary field will be like, but I’m imagining a reprise of the shellacking that Elizabeth Warren dished out to Bloomberg during the 2020 primaries
It's sad that the next cycle won't trust a woman to run, unless the cheating scandal against Kamala comes out? Law suit in progress. Fingers crossed 🤞
AOC tried playing the game with fucking Pelosi & got played. I hope HOPE AOC learned that they're irredeemable self dealing sellout$ & isn't sheep dogging us.
Would be nice if people could stop electing sex pests that make horrible decisions that get people killed.
"Gerontocracy", wonderful word!
She knows she doesn't stand a chance.