Gov. Hochul says she’s not ready to back Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor yet — slamming his plan to tax the rich
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Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t ready to endorse socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral run yet, she said Thursday – as she slammed his plans to raise taxes on the rich.

Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t ready to endorse socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral run yet, she said Thursday – as she slammed his plans to raise taxes on the rich.

“I’m focused on affordability and raising taxes on anyone does not accomplish that,” she told reporters during an event at LaGuardia Airport.

The Democratic governor had congratulated Mamdani after his apparent win, but notably didn’t endorse him in November’s general election.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I’m unaware of the timeline, and if this quote came before or after, but our guy here was up against literal fascists in his day. I think this makes the quote even more pithy.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

      Butler, a retired Marine Corps major general, testified under oath that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans’ organization with him as its leader and use it in a coup d’état to overthrow Roosevelt.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        Smedley Butler was great. Imagine attempting a coup and decide to bring in a retired marine general who seems like he’s all on board with your fascist nonsense only to learn after the fact that he’s gone and been convinced of socialism

      • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
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        14 hours ago

        We’re up against literal fascists today, too, but this time it’s made much more progress before facing adequate resistance.