The DNC chair congratulated him almost immediately and called for the party to unite behind Mamdani:
“This is going to be a moment for the establishment, for a lot of the people who lined up behind Cuomo. It has to mean something to win the nomination,” she said.
"Democrats have spoken, they made a selection, and I would really, really hope that if he is facing headwinds from different directions, that the party would come together the same way I’ve seen the party come together over and over again when progressives need to say: ‘All right, let’s make sure that people turn out and vote for [someone] who wouldn’t have been our first choice.’”
So yes, Bernie and the DNC agree, it’s fucking weird.
If there is another PUMA movement, this time it won’t have the backing of the DNC
Edit:
The original quote is proceeded by this:
Rupert told NBC News that after years and years of progressive Democrats being told to unite around the nominee when the establishment’s choice wins a primary, she hopes the party will do the same now that the shoe is on the other foot. She was heartened to see Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin’s quick congratulations for Mamdani on Tuesday night.
Yet the article doesn’t seem to mention what Ken had said, just her reference to his congratulations to Mamdani.
It threw me off and I thought it was Martin’s quote following it
IIRC Hogg wanted to primary old incumbents with younger ones, but not necessarily with more progressive ones. It was more of a credibility (and possibly anti-corruption) thing than an ideology thing.
The DNC chair congratulated him almost immediately and called for the party to unite behind Mamdani:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/zohran-mamdanis-rise-new-york-city-means-democratic-party-nationally-rcna214909
So yes, Bernie and the DNC agree, it’s fucking weird.
If there is another PUMA movement, this time it won’t have the backing of the DNC
Edit:
The original quote is proceeded by this:
Yet the article doesn’t seem to mention what Ken had said, just her reference to his congratulations to Mamdani.
It threw me off and I thought it was Martin’s quote following it
The same DNC that just ousted vice chair David Hogg for wanting to primary right-wing liberal incumbants with progressive candidates?
IIRC Hogg wanted to primary old incumbents with younger ones, but not necessarily with more progressive ones. It was more of a credibility (and possibly anti-corruption) thing than an ideology thing.
The reason was the prior DNC didn’t follow its own election rules.
Martin let a committee decide
The committee put it to a vote of all the members, the ones who had just elected Hogg, and they decided to redo the election.
Hogg decided to not run again despite every sign he would win. And instead said he was making a PAC
“she” in your quote being Maya Rupert, a Dem strategist, while the DNC chair is Ken Martin.
Thanks!
I threw an edit in