You’re missing the point. Vote Blue No Matter Who means that competitors are supposed to step aside after a primary and support the winning candidate. In practice, this means they expect the losing progressive candidate to suck it up and support the establishment democrat. Now that a progressive has won the primary, the establishment democrat is refusing to step aside.
So yes, he technically won’t have a D next to his name, but it is well understood that he is an arm of the political machine that is refusing to respect the will of the voters.
The point is its “vote blue no matter who” until it’s against the pro-business centrists in the Democratic party, and then it’s “fuck you, we’ll run independent and split the vote to let a Republican win!” because they only say that it’s important to not let perfect be the enemy of good when it comes to corrupt fuckheads who don’t give a single iota of a shit about working class people. They’re happy to drop the facade when someone like Mamdani gets in, they’d rather a Republican win than someone with real plans for change.
Wouldn’t Cuomo not have the (D) next to his name this time?
You’re missing the point. Vote Blue No Matter Who means that competitors are supposed to step aside after a primary and support the winning candidate. In practice, this means they expect the losing progressive candidate to suck it up and support the establishment democrat. Now that a progressive has won the primary, the establishment democrat is refusing to step aside.
So yes, he technically won’t have a D next to his name, but it is well understood that he is an arm of the political machine that is refusing to respect the will of the voters.
Come on, y’all. If we all believe he’s a dick, Cuomo can still have his D and eat it, too!
The point is its “vote blue no matter who” until it’s against the pro-business centrists in the Democratic party, and then it’s “fuck you, we’ll run independent and split the vote to let a Republican win!” because they only say that it’s important to not let perfect be the enemy of good when it comes to corrupt fuckheads who don’t give a single iota of a shit about working class people. They’re happy to drop the facade when someone like Mamdani gets in, they’d rather a Republican win than someone with real plans for change.