El Chisme

they were fucking endorsing her even after national dsa unendorsed her https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/07/real-story-behind-dsas-decision-unendorse-aoc/398024/

As City & State previously reported, NYC-DSA voted overwhelmingly to endorse Ocasio-Cortez earlier this year, with more than 80% of DSA members in the chapter’s Queens and Bronx/Upper Manhattan branches voting in favor of endorsing her for reelection

“In February 2024 NYC-DSA, a chapter of the National DSA, voted to re-endorse Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as we have every election year since 2018. Today, AOC is still endorsed by NYC-DSA. NYC-DSA withdrew its request for a National DSA endorsement after the primary passed and the National Political Committee honored this request,” the NYC-DSA chapter said in a statement.

“It is not uncommon for chapters and National DSA to diverge on endorsements,” the statement continued. “Her endorsement passed with significant support in the chapter, and the chapter remains supportive of her candidacy.”

i couldnt find a single article of NYC-DSA backing national's decision, it's not fucking "petty campism" to think that one of the chapters renowned for being probably the most lib in the entire DSA (at least it was from my time in DSA) is probably still lib???

i'll put my trust in nycdsa when they actually show they can exert real pressure* on the officials they helped elect or start helping elect officials as "DSA" on the ballot and not "D" and not a moment before.

btw no i dont currently think zohran is the same as aoc or bownman or sanders (although he certainly has done stuff already that makes me worried), but i will view it as essentially luck for them to stumble on such a good principled candidate (unless again they show some sign of being able to reign him in.)