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.
Idk. I feel like he really gave it an earnest shot.
We are all thinking and talking about health insurance and what that means in regards to the American dream. I think that’s good for people to think about.
In my view, one of the better Republican presidents that we’ve had in my life.
I didn’t see eye to eye with him, but that first midterm brought a lot of opportunists that may not have had the good of the nation as their goal.
Plus the economy was absolutely trashed and the poison pills inserted with the wall street bailout.
I can see a way to cut him some slack.
No flinch, calling Obama a Republican, i’m gonna think about this one.
Good recent video on the topic from Unfuck The Republic.