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

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

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u/Rude_Award2718 Sep 09 '26

What does it say about the United States that we allowed it to happen in the first place? And then a second time? We are the problem.

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u/K_Linkmaster Sep 09 '26

1/3rd of the voting population didn't show up. Likely due to work issues and of course, apathy.

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u/Defiant-Economics-73 Sep 09 '26

No that’s not why. Quit giving people an out. By law your employer has to give you time to vote. There is early voting. Anyone who didn’t vote chose not to vote. You are also assuming they would have voted against trump.