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Outside Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s primary night party, four men on the sidewalk were dressed in full neon sequins, trying to get the party started. Inside, the bar had barely opened.
Espaillat spent 20 years trying to get to Washington and another 10 years in Congress. He arrived to give his concession speech and left in under 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, the real party was going on about three miles away. That’s where Zohran Mamdani was completing his victory lap of three celebrations with candidates who likely would not have gotten near Congress without his endorsements, just a year after he stunned the political world by beating Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary.
Who’s more terrified right now Republicans or the old Democratic party? to me it seems like the Democratic party is losing control and they don’t like it. Good
the GOP old guard died with trump, now it’s the democrats turn
The GOP old guard didn’t die, it capitulated. They then proceeded to work with Trump to advance their agenda and found him more amenable to it than they expected. Remember how Trump used to promise an end to forever wars? That’s why the GOP old guard fought against him; they believed him. As soon as it became obvious (to them) that it was a lie they were enthusiastically on board. His administration is an alliance of the GOP old guard and Trump’s personal sycophants.