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It’s hilarious that New Yorkers elected Mamdani. Obama’s opponents imagined a radical, foreign-born Muslim boogeyman—so now here comes, actually born in Africa, actually Muslim, actually leftist… and he’s crushing NYC politics with exactly the sort of unapologetic progressive vision they feared Obama might secretly harbor. It’s like the birther fantasy accidentally willed itself into being—but 15 years later, and way more ideologically potent. Progressives win when they stop running from the insult and start owning the slur flipping it—whether it’s “queer,” “dyke” or “whatever,” or in this case “Muslim born in Africa”—the moral panic collapses under its own weight.

Obama won twice, easily, and by a lot, so theres no marked difference in results.

Zohran didn’t win by embracing being a Muslim from Africa he won by appealing to relatively affluent people 25-34 who like the idea of a cool DSA guy being mayor

I don’t understand the point being made here

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He was definitely effective in getting those people to actually vote, but it’s not like those were people who didn’t vote for Obama that now voted for Zohran because he’s unapologetic