BernieSanders: Mamdani won. The establishment is in panic. Leftwing populist victory can be replicated across US [View all]

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Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders
Mamdani won. The establishment is in panic.

Billionaires are raising money against him; Trump is ranting; Islamophobes are on the loose.

They know what we know: Candidates who stand boldly with the working class can win not only in NYC, but anywhere.

Let's stand with Zohran.
11:05 AM · Jun 27, 2025

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Mamdani says leftwing populist victory can be replicated across US
Democratic socialist tells MSNBC his campaign against Cuomo shows leftist politics can thrive beyond New York
Chris Michael
Thu 26 Jun 2025 09.23 EDT

Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, stunned many observers by beating Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday night, delivering a devastating blow to the former New York governor who ran a centrist campaign backed by most of the party establishment.

Mamdani told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki that his populist campaign – which focused on inequality and promised radical moves on rent, the price of food and free public transport – could be deployed anywhere in the US as Democrats seek to combat Donald Trump and his Maga movement.

“I think ultimately this is a campaign about inequality, and you don’t have to live in the most expensive city in the country to have experienced that inequality, because it’s a national issue. And what Americans coast to coast are looking for are people who will fight for them, not just believe in the things that resonate with their lives, but actually fight and deliver on those very things,” he said.

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“We have found exactly the way to defeat organized money, which is organized people. We’re speaking about a scale of a campaign that we haven’t seen in this city in a long time,” Mamdani said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/zohran-mamdani-interview-leftwing-politics-us-elections

And he's right. The wealth inequality and deteriorating material conditions of the working class in NYC are universal all across America in every single working class community. Mamdani's message and vision resonate.