Mamdani
Mamdani might be the son of wealthy elites. He might have been born somewhere else. He might still have a slight accent. He might look a little different. He might have customs you don't know or understand.
He is still a New Yorker. Y'all keep taking shots and he keeps ducking. You can't win this on bullshit. He out worked you and that's how he won, simple. The Democrats were too busy whining about Trump and talking about who gets to use bathrooms and locker rooms; the Republicans were too busy group chatting collectivist nonsense about race and religion. You both lost in NYC and a socialist won.
Mamdani worked. He was everywhere taking photos, making videos, partying, chatting it up, actually being a New Yorker and being in New York. When asked about his first trip outside the country in a debate, he said he wasn't taking one and he would stay in the city - the ONLY candidate in that debate to give the America First response was a socialist, not a Republican, not a Democrat. The Republicans and Democrats said they would be on the first flight out to Israel.
Mamdani talks about taxing the wealthy. Most people don't understand New York, so they missed the point. What the people of New York heard was that these companies based outside the city - all over the world - are taking money out of the city to their respective headquarters. Taxing them would keep the money in the city. He met Trump's capitalist version of America First with his own Socialist version of America First... All this while the Democrats and Republicans were talking about bathrooms, blacks, and Jews. They were out-worked by a socialist who can't put 135lbs up on the bar. It's fucking embarrassing.
This isn't a hard problem to solve. The major parties in NYC didn't get played, they're just too stupid to know what people voted for. The lazy, unrealistic view of politics that lacks nuance is dying. People are hungry for more than talking points and repetitive slogans.
In Texas the same is coming. Texan politicians are largely complacent. They recite the same punchlines. They give the same, washed up speeches. They shake the same hands they shook last year never coming to the parks and cafes where We, the People, frequent. We are lucky to have Brian Harrison here in Ellis County, but how many like him are in Texas government.
Get out. Block walk. Talk to your neighbors. Learn and sell your preferred candidates. We can take this back, but a Republic requires the people to participate. Participate or lose it all to socialists.