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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections.
Asked if Mamdani’s endorsements were making him “enemies” with Democrats in Washington, D.C., Jeffries told CNN that he and Mamdani “strongly” disagreed over his primary picks ahead of Election Day.
Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”
Fuck off with that, DINO
Mamdani for president!
I’d argue that Jeffries is the exact opposite of a DINO. He’s literally the minority leader. He is exactly what establishment democrats want. And that is the problem. He’s not a DINO, because he’s literally the face of the party. Democrats are simply too far right. And Mamdani is doing his best to drag the Overton window back to the left, even with the establishment democrats kicking and screaming.
But also, Mamdani wasn’t born in the US, and is therefore unable to run for president. Nor could he be in any seat that is in the chain of succession for the spot of POTUS. So for instance, he couldn’t be VP, the speaker, any of the presidential cabinet members, etc… Because all of those are potential future presidents, so allowing him to be in one of those spots would cause a constitutional crisis if he is the only one remaining and is ineligible.
Gosh, wouldn’t want a constitutional crisis.
According to The Constitution we should have been having a Constitutional Convention every few years (3 years? 4? 5? 6? Who knows) so maybe we should make up for lost time.
With all the republican MAGAt governors that might not turn out the way we want.
The constitution isn’t even legible any more since trump has wiped his ass with it so many times.
I don’t think the rules of succession state he can’t be speaker of the house. If it came to it he would be skipped over for the next in line
He was not born in the US so he is not allowed to run for president
That’s not the bar. You have to be a natural US citizen. You can be born outside of the US with US parents and you would be a natural citizen. Ted Cruz was allowed to run despite being born in Canada because his parents were US citizens. It’s just one of the many reasons the whole Obama birth certificate thing was stupid. Even if he was born in Kenya he still would have been eligible because is mom is a US citizen.
You can be a natural-born citizen if you’re born in another country to parents who are US citizens. Mamdani’s parents weren’t US citizens, he wasn’t born in the US, and he is not a natural-born citizen. He is a naturalized citizen, which is a different thing, and he is ineligible to run for president under the current US Constitution (which I guess technically still exists?)
Why is this getting upvoted like it’s up for debate?
Mamdani is not eligible to run for president. That’s just fact.
It’s not the same situation as Cruz.
I mean, he’s every bit as eligible according to the letter of the law and constitution as Trump was to run in '24.
Because it’s a fact. I never said Mamdani is eligible for president. I just said that being born in the US isn’t the bar for being eligible.
Okay but it’s irrelevant because he wasnt natural born citizen either. It does nothing to further the conversation.
It’s not irrelevant because I was correcting the incorrect information. Having correct information is important. That’s how disinformation spreads.
It’s not disinformation, it’s discussing relevant details and not delineating every arcane requirement every single time we discuss if someone is eligible for president or any other question like that.
Incorrect information is absolutely disinformation. Why are you so salty about this? Look, you made an insinuation about my comment that was incorrect. It happens, move on.
We have a rapist in office, who is almost certainly a Russian asset. Why should the rules selectively apply to Mamdani?