Source: The American Prospect
by Ryan Cooper
“Zohran Mamdani has won the mayoralty of New York City. It was an incredible come-from-behind victory against Andrew Cuomo, who ran one of the most well-funded campaigns in city history, and was endorsed by Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Still, Mamdani’s margin of victory was fairly small—less than ten percentage points—compared to the usual whopping Democratic landslide in this particular contest. One reason for that is a number of nationally prominent New York Democrats refused to endorse their own party’s nominee. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries waffled on the question for months, and only endorsed at the very last minute, while both Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — who implied Mamdani is a jihadist — and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refused to do it at all. And now it turns out Schumer almost certainly voted for Andrew Cuomo.” (11/06/25)
https://prospect.org/2025/11/06/chuck-schumer-not-fit-to-lead-democratic-party/