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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOld X post from Mamdani
Sorry if posted before but first saw last night

choie
(7,005 posts)SSJVegeta
(3,154 posts)Wait, his old X post dispells the negative rumors and accusations about him? But but but... I thought Mamdani was anti semitic because he said "infitada"!
SocialDemocrat61
(8,044 posts)I've been hearing that he actually never said it and it's just misinformation.
SSJVegeta
(3,154 posts)His detractors have used the word far more often. Perhaps THEY are terrorists?
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SocialDemocrat61
(8,044 posts)are terrorists.
70sEraVet
(5,617 posts)I was expecting more negative material to add to the pile! There seems to be a rush to demonize the guy.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,044 posts)Especially other democrats when they don't meet some individual purity standard. An elected official can do 100 good things, but if they once did or said 1 thing that someone doesn't like, they are tarred forever as a DINO or evil, etc.
IronLionZion
(51,559 posts)Preserving a Jewish library sounds antisemitic to MAGAts who hate reading books I guess.
I enjoyed the Fox news piece saying his plan for free childcare, baby baskets for newborns, and gradually increasing minimum wage to $30 is going to put us all in Stalin's gulags.
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