Former President Barack Obama told Zohran Mamdani “your campaign has been impressive to watch,” and suggested that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani’s success beyond the election.
Former President Barack Obama called New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Saturday, praising his campaign and offering to be a “sounding board” into the future.
The private, roughly 30-minute phone call, which has not previously been reported, was described by two people who participated or were briefed immediately on what had been said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private conversation.
Mr. Obama said that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani’s success beyond the election on Tuesday. They talked about the challenges of staffing a new administration and building an apparatus capable of delivering on Mr. Mamdani’s agenda of affordability in the city, the people said.
And just to add to this, it’s something interesting about the right vs left I’ve noticed, at least in the US:
The “left” seems to expect ideological purity within their sect, but not political loyalty. They aren’t loyal to idols (with a few exceptions), but claws come out with the adjacent.
The “right” is the opposite; an agnostic great replacement theory fanatic will rub shoulders with evangelicals and immigrant tech bro, with no conflict. But absolute loyalty is expected, like the idea of being part of a “tribe” is explicit.
This has been a problem in leftist circles since the existence of said circles, unfortunately.