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/Trajen_Geta Sep 09 '26

I hate saying this but, Curtis has not even sounded remotely insane the last few years. Like I know he is but like the amount of horrible stuff we hear a day he sounds like a rational scholar in comparison.

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u/Internal_Wheel_89 Sep 09 '26

As an outsider it seems like these are two people who simply love New York City

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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