Andrew Cuomo’s embarrassing loss to
Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral election
ends family’s political dynasty
Posted By: Mercedes44, 11/5/2025 6:21:29 AM
Like father, like son. One of New York’s most famous political dynasties bit the dust Tuesday as Andrew Cuomo’s power grab came to a humiliating end in a gilded Midtown ballroom. New York City voters firmly rejected Cuomo’s unwanted electoral advance — just like they rebuffed his dad, Mario Cuomo, 48 years ago as the patriarch suffered a stinging defeat to Ed Koch. The never-take-no-for-an-answer Cuomo, 67, has said he wouldn’t rule out another political run if his mayoral bid faltered, but his second defeat against socialist Zohran Mamdani left the once-formidable former governor weakened to the point of irrelevance.
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Brutal Night for
Republicans...Or Was It? 28 replies
Republicans...Or Was It? 28 replies
Happy Wednesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is taking a wardrobe malfunction emergency day.
What the heck, let's come at this post mortem from a different angle. I assure you that I'm not concussed, drunk, or in some sort of Invasion of the Body Snatchers situation. True, things did not go well at all for Republicans on Election Night 2025. A commie jihadist was elected mayor of New York City. Virginia was a bloodbath. New Jersey elected another Dem to lead the state, and California voted to become even more politically California-ish.
NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani sticks
to his socialist guns in fire-breathing
victory speech 15 replies
to his socialist guns in fire-breathing
victory speech 15 replies
He’s seeing red.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a fire-breathing victory speech late Tuesday, sticking to his socialist guns and boldly promising to deliver on his sweeping agenda.
The Uganda-born Mamdani, 34, claimed his historic victory on behalf of all immigrant New Yorkers, and called out Islamophobic attacks on his campaign.
“As Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity,” he said from Brooklyn’s Paramount Theatre, launching into a 20-minute barn-burner of a speech by quoting the socialist presidential candidate. Mamdani — who will be the first socialist, first Muslim and first New York City mayor of South Asian descent —
Like father, like son.
One of New York’s most famous political dynasties bit the dust Tuesday as Andrew Cuomo’s power grab came to a humiliating end in a gilded Midtown ballroom.
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shows he’s worried 13 replies
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“New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change, a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city that we can afford and a mandate for a government that delivers exactly that,”
Are you sure about that?
Are you sure about that?
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning on the aftermath of the Big Apple fight over socialism, where capital lost. Zohran Mamdani won easily last night, winning an outright majority of ballots cast by New York City voters, 50.6% as of this morning with 87% of precincts reporting. Andrew Cuomo got 41.7%, while Curtis Sliwa -- the only rational candidate still left on the ballot -- received 7.1% of the vote.
New York City has chosen socialism, and the WSJ suggests that capitalists will just have to suck it up. But is that their only option?
Wall Street heavyweights failed to stop
Brutal Night for
Republicans...Or Was It? 28 replies
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Happy Wednesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is taking a wardrobe malfunction emergency day.
What the heck, let's come at this post mortem from a different angle. I assure you that I'm not concussed, drunk, or in some sort of Invasion of the Body Snatchers situation. True, things did not go well at all for Republicans on Election Night 2025. A commie jihadist was elected mayor of New York City. Virginia was a bloodbath. New Jersey elected another Dem to lead the state, and California voted to become even more politically California-ish.
New York City elected a communist to be its next mayor on Tuesday. Uganda-born Zohran Mamdani is projected to win more than 50 percent of the Big Apple. Over the next few days, professional Republicans will shake their heads and lament the outcome of the race. But few, if any, will acknowledge the truth: Mamdani’s victory is the direct result of mass immigration.
New York City wasn’t lost to a communist because the radical left out-organized the Democrat establishment. New York City was lost to a communist because we lost control of our borders — not just our southern border, but every single border separating the United States from the rest
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a toll on Trump’s GOP. Takeaways from
Election Day 2025 16 replies
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I hope you are proud of yourselves. You sure "owned" Donald Trump and MAGA.
Yep. We hear all the time about decency being on the ballot and how "grab 'em by the pussy" was totally disqualifying. Trump is mean. He doesn't conform to the country's norms.
Women, in particular, are all about decency, norms, and kindness I am told, and the vote totals clearly show that. (X) Well, what can I say? I'm totally convinced by your moralistic posturing! Now that I know that wishing a man and his children die in front of their mother is not disqualifying in your eyes, I am totally convinced.