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Cuomo says key factor in his primary loss was Mamdani’s support from young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters (forward.com)
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“I would wager that in the primary, more than 50% of the Jewish people voted for Mamdani,” Cuomo told the crowd of around 450 at a breakfast event Sunday at the Hampton Synagogue.

He believed they were influenced by Mamdani’s appeal to younger and first-time voters who, Cuomo said, view criticism of Israel as opposing the policies of the Israeli government in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “They are pro-Palestinian, and they don’t consider it being anti-Israel,” he said.

“We have the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, and I was proud to be the strongest advocate,” Cuomo continued. “But many, especially younger people, don’t consider saying anti-Israel is different than being antisemitic.”

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Nobbody is able to distinguish Jewish people from white people these days.

Ask any person on the street what a "Jew" looks like and they will shrug their shoulders.

Same with Italians, Irish, and other racial constructs people used to discriminate in the past.

[–] troglodyke@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

This is patently false and just a rehash of the same old attitude we've seen so frequently before.

If you're going to be a bigot at least try and be original

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If I present you with 5 images of people you would be able to tell which is Jewish and which is not?

[–] troglodyke@lemmy.federate.cc 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You're conflating colourism with racism, I'm guessing you're in the US and your primary exposure to racism is via colourism?

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