New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday hit back at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over a fearmongering social media post in which the Republican warned of "radical Marxist Democrats" determined "to destroy the very foundations that make us the envy of the entire world."
During a press conference, the democratic socialist mayor was asked to comment on the post, in which Johnson said the US was in danger of "being overrun by mini-Mamdanis" if Republicans lost control of Congress this fall.
Mamdani responded by speculating that Johnson's post was in reaction to the victory of Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic US Senate primary in Michigan on Tuesday.
Noting that El-Sayed campaigned on a slogan of, "Money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for All," the mayor questioned why Johnson found such promises so threatening.
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"If those simple commitments and beliefs are what drive Rep. Johnson to these kinds of conclusions," Mamdani said, "I think it shows you how deeply out of touch the Republican Party is with the concerns of working-class Americans."
The mayor then alluded to the hurdles that El-Sayed had to overcome to win the election, including organizations such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which alone spent $30 million to defeat him.
"Despite him facing more than $60 million in outside spending," Mamdani said, "he was able to prevail with a focus on the cost-of-living crisis, and the way in which healthcare is exceedingly out of reach for those who have helped make this country what it is."
The Associated Press declared El-Sayed the winner of the often contentious primary on Wednesday morning, and many establishment Democrats—including his top rival, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)—rallied behind him as the party's nominee.
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7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 32d
danc4498@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 32d
Does being a beacon imply that others see us this way? It also implies that Johnson cares what others think.
funkreddit@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 32d
Mike Johnson the one that watches porn with his kids?
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 32d
The US isn’t the envy of the world anymore and hasn’t been for a while now. It’s also unlikely to get that moniker back again.
If it ever held it. The US is a horrible place that just used to have a good marketing department. Other than that it’s behind on virtually every metric relevant for civilized nations.
Finally, the last one to talk about that is the ffing senator from Louisiana. A state comparable to failed African states such as Malawi in terms of economic output, literacy levels and life expectancy. And oh yeah, a state on the federal dole.
muffedtrims@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
Hey now, we do have the most billionaires, so that has to be worth something!
piccolo@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 32d
Remember when "radical Democrats" where defending the foundations of the america such as upholding slavery? Now they are weak and expect basic human empathy from people. Bah!