Gillibrand Goes on Islamophobic Rant About Mamdani as Republicans Try to Denaturalize Him

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The Democrat’s rant has sparked calls for her to resign over her bigoted language.

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The scary part isn't the Islamaphobia. That's just because it's easy sound bites based on his name. The real scary part is how much they're trying to attack him, because a democratic socialist mayor in New York can show how shitty Republican solutions have been on solving core problems like wealth inequality. Beyond what Bernie or AOC can do as an individual member of Congress. A mayor is an executive, and new York is big. If he's not trying to line his pockets, he can do real damage to conservatives and establishment Democrats just by showing everyone there's a better way.
- ...he can do real damage to conservatives and establishment Democrats just by showing everyone there's a better way.
  Exactly.
  Which is why both Republicans and establishment Democrats are so desperate to malign him — because the dirty little secret of American politics is that the actual meaningful choice is between people who will work for the good of the people as a whole and people who will work only for the good of the wealthiest few. And maintaining the status quo requires stopping people from figuring out that virtually all elections come down to just two somewhat different versions of the latter type.
  
  I've been saying exactly this for 20 years. But all people want to hear is "Are you on MY side, or are you on the OTHER side?"
  Uhhhhh, no. There is no sides based on R or D. There's only sides based on $. It's a big club, and you ain't in it.
- If he weren’t a democratic socialist, the establishment would love him. The ultimate neoliberal dream is a brown person who supports their policies.
She's so gross.
Good! This is the BEST Strategy Democrats can Employ if they WISH to WIN BACK all those Muslims and Palestinians that SAT OUT OR VOTED FOR TRUMP last Election!
- they needed blacks, hispanics more. muslims made a small minority of her votes, only place where it would have appreachiable difference is michigan, where theres a large muslim population.
  
  It's not just Muslims. That's what many people don't get. Them openly supporting a genocide and ignoring international law loses them many voters than don't particually care for Palestinians, but care about human rights in general.
  Heck Trump was able to dupe half of the population in believing he's anti-war candidate when his first term was one of the bloodiest in the recent US history. And that was only possible because of Democrats shouting how they will have the most lethal military in the world...
"Denaturalize" aka expatriate
- AKA kidnap and traffic.
I have been shocked and disappointed to learn over the last few weeks that a colleague I am fond of personally has engaged in behavior towards muslims that is unacceptable. While Senator Gillibrand is entitled to have the Ethics Committee conclude its review, I believe it would be better for our country if she sent a clear message that any kind of mistreatment of muslims in our society isn’t acceptable by stepping aside to let someone else serve.
Weirdo
It doesn’t matter what meaning you have in your brain, it is now how the word is received
Accidentally revealing how establishment hacks like herself have all the power in a "representative" democracy, rather than the likes of Mamdani who are actually on the side of the people and whose policies are popular on their own merit rather than as the result of media spin.
- Ok so when I hear her name it makes me puke in my throat and I have to hold back my gag reflex or I will end up vomiting on someone at the grocery store or in the auditorium during my daughter’s recital.
  It doesn’t matter what her name means all that matters is projectile vomit.
  don’t forget, each senator and congress person has an AIPAC handler… at this point Israeli government is Commanding their aipac handlers to have their dogs (senate and reps) poop on the wall until something sticks.
Meanwhile the 2028 dem slate is ass
Looking forward to the Liver King vs Buttiegeg general election where Liver King wins by 100 electoral votes
Who's betting she's going to endorse Cuomo?
Denaturalize?
- Revoking of citizenship.
  
  Well, that would be a clean
Kirsten “Patrick Bateman” Gillebrand
- Nah, it rhymes with "it's never a bad time to realize that Israel-related antisemitism is literally Zionist propaganda; this is the fault of AIPAC".
- Drew? Who's Drew? Drew Carry??? I guess the price is wrong!

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