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    10 days ago

    The DNC chair congratulated him almost immediately and called for the party to unite behind Mamdani:

    “This is going to be a moment for the establishment, for a lot of the people who lined up behind Cuomo. It has to mean something to win the nomination,” she said.

    "Democrats have spoken, they made a selection, and I would really, really hope that if he is facing headwinds from different directions, that the party would come together the same way I’ve seen the party come together over and over again when progressives need to say: ‘All right, let’s make sure that people turn out and vote for [someone] who wouldn’t have been our first choice.’”

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/zohran-mamdanis-rise-new-york-city-means-democratic-party-nationally-rcna214909

    So yes, Bernie and the DNC agree, it’s fucking weird.

    If there is another PUMA movement, this time it won’t have the backing of the DNC

    Edit:

    The original quote is proceeded by this:

    Rupert told NBC News that after years and years of progressive Democrats being told to unite around the nominee when the establishment’s choice wins a primary, she hopes the party will do the same now that the shoe is on the other foot. She was heartened to see Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin’s quick congratulations for Mamdani on Tuesday night.

    Yet the article doesn’t seem to mention what Ken had said, just her reference to his congratulations to Mamdani.

    It threw me off and I thought it was Martin’s quote following it