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Donkees

(33,745 posts)
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:10 AM Sep 2025

🔥Mamdani to headline Sen. Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' event




Sen. Bernard Sanders, the Godfather of the modern liberal movement, is headed to New York this weekend to join forces with Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner to become the city’s next mayor.

Mr. Sanders, the 83-year-old Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, on Saturday plans to return to the place he was born, Brooklyn, to hold a town hall-style event with Mr. Mamdani, the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist.

The stop is part of Mr. Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” tour that has focused on getting more liberals to run for public office.

New York City has become the epicenter for liberal forces in the Democratic Party, helping give rise to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

She and Mr. Sanders helped cement Mr. Mamdani’s image as a liberal heartthrob after they endorsed him before the Democratic primary.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/zohran-mamdani-headline-sen-bernie-sanders-fighting-oligarchy-event/


Inbox: Bernie Sanders is doing a "Fighting Oligarchy" town hall event with Zohran Mamdani at Brooklyn College on Saturday night.


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🔥Mamdani to headline Sen. Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' event (Original Post) Donkees Sep 2025 OP
🔥 Donkees Sep 2025 #1
If we had listened to Bernie in the first place we wouldn't be in this mess. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2025 #2
Bernie: The NYC mayor's race is a clear example of a corrupt political system: Donkees Sep 2025 #3

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,497 posts)
2. If we had listened to Bernie in the first place we wouldn't be in this mess.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 02:34 PM
Sep 2025

Bernie has been out there fighting the fight instead of sending tweets from his suburban New York wine cave.

Donkees

(33,745 posts)
3. Bernie: The NYC mayor's race is a clear example of a corrupt political system:
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 07:02 AM
Sep 2025
Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders
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16h
The NYC mayor’s race is a clear example of a corrupt political system:

@ZohranKMamdani
wins the Democratic primary.

The oligarchs spend whatever it takes to defeat him.

Democratic leadership refuses to endorse him.

Together, we will take them all on and elect Zohran as mayor.

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