This is a detail many people seem to have missed, which IMO made the whole incident reflect much worse on Mamdani. It wasn’t a concession extracted under pressure during an interview, it was a considered and prepared statement after the fact.
some advisors probably evaluated that saying that shit would help with gusanos and libs more than it alienated us
Certainly possible, though I’d argue that allowing that kind of calculus for an election that he had already functionally won doesn’t reflect well on him either. It’s possible that he saw some backlash after that and that informed this statement too.
nice to see he’s less daft as actual mayor than he was as a candidate/ the mayor elect.
So far I agree, hopefully this trend doesn’t reverse. If his statement on this had been any less than what it was it would have been beyond unacceptable.
This is a detail many people seem to have missed, which IMO made the whole incident reflect much worse on Mamdani. It wasn’t a concession extracted under pressure during an interview, it was a considered and prepared statement after the fact.
some advisors probably evaluated that saying that shit would help with gusanos and libs more than it alienated us
nice to see he’s less daft as actual mayor than he was as a candidate/ the mayor elect.
Certainly possible, though I’d argue that allowing that kind of calculus for an election that he had already functionally won doesn’t reflect well on him either. It’s possible that he saw some backlash after that and that informed this statement too.
So far I agree, hopefully this trend doesn’t reverse. If his statement on this had been any less than what it was it would have been beyond unacceptable.
reasonable