Current Events > Jeffries to endorse Mamdani

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/after-a-lengthy-wait-jeffries-to-endorse-mamdani-00621799

NEW YORK House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will endorse Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor Friday, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

The nod is coming after months of pressure and just before early voting begins Saturday.
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Woooow

Took long enough.

Weird that when someone actually popular becomes a democratic candidate, everyone has cold feet on endorsing them.

Proto_Spark posted...

Took long enough.

Weird that when someone actually popular becomes a democratic candidate, everyone has cold feet on endorsing them.

It's a NYC mayoral election. I don't know why people thought we were going to see endorsements months away from the actual election.

Lmao giving an endorsement so late in the game when you know the guy is going to win

Tmaster148 posted...

It's a NYC mayoral election. I don't know why people thought we were going to see endorsements months away from the actual election.

It might just be how heavily featured the whole election cycle has been, when there's really just not been a need to. But also potentially that only "the big guys" like Jeffries and Schumer have been withholding their endorsement. Especially since Mamdani has been widely expected to win by quite a margin since the second he became the democratic nominee.

But Mamdani might also be as popular as he currently is without "the man trying to keep him down" so idk.

Tmaster148 posted...

It's a NYC mayoral election. I don't know why people thought we were going to see endorsements months away from the actual election.

Several prominent Dems endorsed Cuomo during the primary stage, including Clyburn

Your turn, Goldman. Mamdani won your district too.

Jefferies clearly got tired of being constantly asked about who he was going to endorse. Took too damn long.