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.
This is slightly misleading. The issue isn’t voting for the two parties, it’s that we only have the two parties. Adding a third party never works. We need to figure something else out.
American Exceptionalism - ‘a third party never works’ is nonsense.
Trying to figure something else out means you will do nothing except entryism and be co-opted into the Democratic Party for your aesthetics.