r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • Sep 09 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Mamdani's ex-rival comes to his defense.

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u/Free_For__Me Sep 09 '26

And you know, you’d be very correct. The difference though, is that someone can love something and still be pretty insane. 

Sliwa isn’t even close to being as capable of a leader as Mamdani is, but you know what?  I think Sliwa would make a great lieutenant to a great leader that he believes in. He’s passionate, honest, and has displayed an amount of dignity in loss that I honestly wasn’t sure many people in the public eye were capable of anymore. 

Whether he’d admit it or not, Sliwa is an enforcer looking for a captain to point him in the right direction. I sincerely hope that when he finds that captain, it’s a Mamdani and not a Trump…

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u/jc343 Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

as many have said, court jester is perfect for him

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u/LowlyWormsCar Sep 09 '26

Sliwa for night mayor

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u/IdentifiableBurden Sep 09 '26

This is a hilarious idea and as somewhere who lives nowhere near NYC I support it thoroughly. He has my vote for Night Mayor.

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u/Bigemptea Sep 09 '26

That could be a new sitcom kinda like Night Court.

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u/MrBwnrrific Sep 09 '26

He said he’d take care of da rat prawblem fer free, let ‘im in, C’MOOOON

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u/tinino1304 Sep 09 '26

German here for whom sliwa popped up a few times on his feed (for whatever reason)

He absolutely did not sound insane in his election campaign. Sure, i did not like his proposals, but so did the majority of new yorkers and he accepted that without hesitation or if's and but's.

And i gotta say, I love his NY night time major "IT'S SLIWA TIME" appearences.

No idea what he's up to besides that atm tho

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u/Ianerick Sep 09 '26

there are a few guys like this on the right and i often wonder if they ever think, "why does everyone on my side constantly go against what I think we stand for?"

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u/Vark675 Sep 09 '26

I love being the head lackey. The major mook. The loyal vizier. It rules being trusted to get stuff done but not having to deal with the responsibility of having to ultimately make ALL the major decisions.

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u/McdoManaguer Sep 09 '26

Like I completely disagree with him on almost everything. But you CANNOT say Curtis doesn't care about New York. He doesnt fake it like most republicans.

He actually believes in things other than money.

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u/ABSNegativeOne Sep 09 '26

Alright, he can coordinate a massive campaign but cant lead. also who gives a frack, its not a football team lmao. its slimy politicians

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u/EmperorPedro2 Sep 09 '26

Politics is one of the biggest games there is