TMI Show Ep 167: “The War for the Democratic Party”

“The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan” called it yesterday—a “democratic socialist” is likely to become New York’s next mayor! Today, Ted and Manila break down the implications of this stunning rebuke of the Democratic establishment by enraged New York voters! Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, declared a landslide victory after Andrew Cuomo conceded in a jaw-dropping referendum on the centrist-run National Democrats. The young, progressive state Assembly member, virtually unknown at the race’s start, built a commanding lead over the scandal-tainted former governor with a campaign laser-focused on high prices, especially rents. Though ranked choice voting will finalize the outcome, Mamdani will become NYC’s first Muslim and Indian-American mayor if he wins the general election. Cuomo, once the front-runner, relied on his political dynasty and hefty corporatist endorsements but couldn’t overcome his past or left-wing anger. Mamdani’s optimistic vision, backed by AOC and Bernie Sanders, rallied the Left, setting up a fierce general election race against incumbent Eric Adams, running as an independent amid federal corruption charges, and Republican gadfly Curtis Sliwa. This race is a snapshot of the Democratic Party’s ideological split. Will the old Clintonite corporatist wing of the party finally give up power to the new left, or will it again resort to the sleazy tricks it has used to kneecap progressives and hand victory to the Right?

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