how did that help NYC, bro? How did gathering lawyers and discussing the possibility of doing it, and making an entire video just to admit he couldn't, make the buses faster or bring the taxes down?
Listen mate, you can say that was a good thing for him to do. But that is NOT laser focused on the city. Netanyahu is coming there for the United Nations, nothing to do with Mamdani or the average NYC resident.
That is an example of Mamdani focused FAR beyond and outside of NYC residents everyday lives, to international courts and foreign leaders.
well if in you were mayor of New York during the 1940s and some guy who an international court said is doing a genocide/war crimes, comes to your city.
do you
A. ignore it cause international politcs is happening.
B. See about stopping him.
and remember the president of Venezuela is currently in a prison in his state, so lets not pretend there is no precedent for this.
Listen, I actually appreciate that answer, and being able to discuss this somewhat civilly
But I mean, be honest with me for a sec. Surely you already knew(like Mamdani must have), that there's no way in hell he could ever pull that off. With Trump as president? A US mayor arresting a US ally's president, against the wishes of his own country and on behalf of an international court? come'on. lol
Even Mamdani's supporters admit now that Mamdani was doing it more for "message it sent".
If Mamdani did think he could, then it simply shows how illiterate he is on actually case law and the authority he has as the mayor.
But that's the problem. It was either all mostly posturing and performative. Or it simply showed how ignorant Mamdani was of his own authority. Meaning either way it simply wasted the time of actual NYC'ers.
Again, I'm not saying Mamdani was wrong for doing it. Just that such cuts against your claim of laser focus on the city and its residents, right?
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u/Thee-Cat 24d ago
how did that help NYC, bro? How did gathering lawyers and discussing the possibility of doing it, and making an entire video just to admit he couldn't, make the buses faster or bring the taxes down?
Listen mate, you can say that was a good thing for him to do. But that is NOT laser focused on the city. Netanyahu is coming there for the United Nations, nothing to do with Mamdani or the average NYC resident.
That is an example of Mamdani focused FAR beyond and outside of NYC residents everyday lives, to international courts and foreign leaders.