I am profoundly alarmed about the future of the @DNC and the country by yesterday’s NYC anointment of a candidate who failed to disavow a "globalize the intifada" slogan and advocated Trotskyite economic policies.
— Lawrence H. Summers (@LHSummers) June 25, 2025
I fear it is evidence that our party is following the most…
I am profoundly alarmed about the future of the DNC and the country by yesterday’s NYC anointment of a candidate who failed to disavow a "globalize the intifada" slogan and advocated Trotskyite economic policies.
I fear it is evidence that our party is following the most problematic aspects of Britain's Labor Party. It didn’t work there, and it won’t work here. Harvard
and other universities' moral weakness after Oct 7 in condoning hateful, anti-Israeli, and even antisemitic, rhetoric and activity opened the Overton window in ways that contributed to yesterday’s outcome.I hope candidate ZohranKMamdani, who showed great ability to learn and adapt during his campaign, will continue to evolve in ways that provide much needed reassurance to people committed to a free from prejudice, market economy as an American ideal.
An important task for Mamdani now is to provide reassurance that his moral energy and formidable political skills can be productively directed for the City of New York at this difficult moment.
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