NY 2022 - Zeldin/Esposito, Libertarian & WFP updates

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An electrifying first 48 hours, I think she’s exceeded all of our expectations so far!

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Hochul has done a tremendous job so far. I think she'd beat Williams pretty easily. James is still a very strong challenger, if she chooses to run. She may end up hanging around at AG and biding her time for now though.

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Jesus… imagine accepting an endorsement from these crooks. I’ll be supporting Hochul if this is the alternative.
https://twitter.com/zackfinknews/status/1454149821254746113?s=21

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Good to see. Now let’s hope the party unite around our Governor and our AG, so that we can turn our attention to defending both seats next November.

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Defund the police, shut down the schools… how is the far-left any different from the pro-austerity right at this point? Remember when progressive Democrats used to support providing public services to people?

Our beautiful Governor giving this sicko a good thrashing in the primary cannot come soon enough!
https://twitter.com/jumaanewilliams/status/1472235503181303810?s=21

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My QUEEN is alive!
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1483438325209968641?s=21

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Meanwhile, in the real world, Hochul is letting the mandate expire tomorrow and will probably let the separate mask mandate for schools expire as scheduled in two weeks.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1491201687549263873?s=21
(apologies for linking to the N*w Y*rk T*mes)

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Cuomo would likely be doing better than Hochul. Say what you will about the guy but he understood how NY’s swing voters think, and he wouldn’t have been asleep while Republicans attacked him for months for being pro-crime. He may have even done the smart thing and repealed the horrendously unpopular bail reform and/or fired some of the most egregiously pro-crime DAs.

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Hochul is as corrupt and right-wing as Cuomo, without any of the political skill or popularity with Democratic constituencies. It's one thing to be a conservadem when you regularly win in landslides and can unite the party (more or less) behind you. But this is just pointless. Unfortunately we appear to be stuck with this moron for the next four years.

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I don't inherently oppose LaSalle's nomination to the court, what I'm frustrated by is Hochul bending herself backwards and pissing everyone else off in the process. kinda makes me worried there's some big donor reason behind the scenes she choose LaSalle.

Ds in NY really need to work on coming together and while I think there's blame to go around, the way Hochul has handled this is really upsetting. I am also upset with how much some progressives have blown LaSalle's record out of the water. Yes, he is conservative, but some of the conclusions there making based on rulings from cases with distinct circumstances shows how shallow they are too.

Also, lowkey Jefferies and Vasquez are a bit frustrating when they call the overturning of NY's congressional map Jim Crow 2.0 (which it's not lol) but then back LaSalle who would almost surely ensures this "Jim Crow" map stays in place. I would've thought they would have stronger convictions than that either way.

This could have all been avoided had Hochul just nominated a "normal" left-leaning justice but instead we need this theatre. Shameful.

The most important thing in politics is being a team player. You cannot achieve anything without a unified party behind you. I don’t care if you’re progressive or conservative or moderate or whatever. It’s rarely even about ideology, it’s about listening to others and taking their concerns seriously. It’s insane that we have a governor who can’t do this basic thing.