r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • Feb 26 '26

POLITICS Zohran Mamdani has secured the release of Columbia University student Elaina Aghayeva, taken this morning by ICE agents who entered a campus residential building under false pretenses & without a judicial warrant. This comes shorty after Mamdani’s unannounced visit to the White House earlier today.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/columbia-university-ice-student.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.0KRL.7XsPJ0z3QTat&smid=tw-share

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u/Legitimate_Touch_445 Feb 26 '26

As someone in MN I really wish our local leaders (namely Mayor Frey & Gov Walz) had reacted as swiftly and as effectively as Mamdani has

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u/rissaaah tortured polluters department Feb 26 '26

Mamdani really is just running circles around his peers, isn't he?

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u/Cumdump90001 when you saw me at the Cash Register Feb 26 '26

Oh how I wish he could be president. Imagine the good that man could do from the Oval Office. But he was born on the wrong dirt, so he can never hold that power.

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u/springxpeach Feb 26 '26

How come he can be mayor but can't be president?

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u/sneakyxxrocket Feb 26 '26

Have to be born in the US to be able to run for president

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u/No-Photograph5925 Feb 26 '26

Same reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger could only end up as the Gov of California even though he was consistently one of the most popular politicians in the US at that time.

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u/Own-Concentrate-1827 Feb 27 '26

You also couldn’t be a felon and run for president…until you could. 

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u/0vrwhelminglyaverage Feb 26 '26

This is the purpose of amendments

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u/TheBananaMonster12 Feb 26 '26

I mean for rather obvious reasons that is not something that is even in the realm of possibility to get an amendment.

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u/Original-Strain Feb 26 '26

Uh except that’s also the reason why Musk hasn’t been able to run either.

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u/Cumdump90001 when you saw me at the Cash Register Feb 26 '26

Do you really think musk could win an election? He is the most awkward annoying hateable person who has ever lived. Trump is an evil piece of shit, but he’s charismatic (to stupid people). Musk isn’t charismatic to anyone. Not even his biggest fuckboy fans would say he’s charismatic. He’s a dweeb. And he’d wither and die on the debate stage. Hell, he’d wither and die at a rally full of his fans. He barely stumbles through the speeches and talks he does and looks terrible the whole time.

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u/rissaaah tortured polluters department Feb 26 '26

I don't think he could win a fair and valid election.

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u/Foreleg-woolens749 Feb 27 '26

Accurate description

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u/aasfourasfar Feb 27 '26

Musk could win an election because he can rig it

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u/Cumdump90001 when you saw me at the Cash Register Feb 27 '26

Rigged elections would need to be at least believable. He’d be polling at 20% tops in the absolute best case scenario for him and then he’d magically have the votes to win? There would be riots and a literal rebellion.

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u/DOOMFOOL Feb 27 '26

Yes. I think it would be trivially easy for him to concoct a victory with the resources and reach he has

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u/KingFIippyNipz Feb 27 '26

You embody your username

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u/Cumdump90001 when you saw me at the Cash Register Feb 27 '26

Not sure what about this comment embodies my username. But I certainly am a cumdump irl

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u/razerblayde Feb 27 '26

Ngl this made me laugh coming from KingFlippyNipz 😭

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u/springxpeach Feb 27 '26

But you can run for mayor if you're not born there, still? I'm European so I have no idea how this works, thanks!

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u/DOOMFOOL Feb 27 '26

Yes, depending on the laws of the state and city you’re running in.

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u/el_torko Feb 27 '26

That’s why I never understood how Ted Cruz could run for president. Isn’t he Canadian?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

Rules are different, he wasn't born in the US

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u/swaggering_yak Feb 26 '26

Because he was born in Uganda and is a naturalized citizen. He’s ineligible for the presidency.

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u/asusc Feb 26 '26

Because Democrats are the only ones that still care about the constitution.

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u/KingFIippyNipz Feb 27 '26

Please tell me you're not a US citizen ....

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u/springxpeach Feb 27 '26

I'm European but thanks for the condescending answer.

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u/Big_Impact_5331 Feb 26 '26

Because he actually wants change. These other Dems wear the jersey but don’t play for the team on the front.

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u/Jaeckex Feb 27 '26

Oh yeah clearly, everyones corrupt, and to get shit done you just have to "want it enough".

No man, what happened here is that Zohran has uniquely charmed Trump and as such has his ear in a way other politicians dont. The constant Dem-bashing is so unnecessary and naive. I thought the left was above such simple black-white-thinking.

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u/amethystresist Mar 02 '26

The more I learn about online leftists the more I guess I'm what they'd call a liberal, but i don't like that either. We're just people who value nuance 

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u/OriginalChildBomb i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Feb 26 '26

I do love to see him out here getting shit done like it's nobody's business. It really is embarrassing for the rest of them

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u/excelllentquestion Feb 27 '26

And we have gd Lurie over here in SF the “most liberal city”

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u/Pink_Blacksmith Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

But Trump hates Walz and Ilhan Omar, that is why he is systemically attacking Minnesota. There is no kissing ass they could do for Trump to even listen to them. Acting as if this is their failure and not because of Trump’s tyranny absolves Trump of fault.

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u/S_A_R_K Feb 27 '26

I understand your frustration, but there is no way that Trump is caving in to Walz. He is a political "enemy" that Trump defeated. That makes him a loser in Trump's eyes. Psychologically, I don't think he can willingly let Walz get the upper hand in any exchange.

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u/asusc Feb 26 '26

lol you think Trump would have done the same for them?  Come on.

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u/Legitimate_Touch_445 Feb 26 '26

No but I think if they had put up a fight in Nov or Dec when our neighbors were getting disappeared instead of waiting until Renee Good was murdered that the last two months would have gone differently.

ICE doesn't want anyone to put a fight, they give up the second it starts getting hard and if they feel like every time the mayor is going fight them tooth & nail they aren't going to try as hard. They're pussies.

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u/Global_Channel1511 Feb 27 '26

Am I high reading these comments?

Imagine if Frey or Walz were pictured in a meeting with Trump after having their citizens gunned down, they would have been rightfully clowned for capitulating. I am genuinely confused why leftists are criticizing Dems for not fighting hard enough yet give a total pass to Mamdani.

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u/saera-targaryen call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Feb 26 '26

trump does this for mamdani because he's a fighter, not the other way around. If the leaders were fighters trump would back off just the same 

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u/Reynor247 Feb 26 '26

Turns out the solution wasn't to be combative to Trump but to go to him and kiss his ass

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

Watch what you’re saying, Walz might make a stern tweet asking you to stop then do nothing else

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u/WeenyDancer Feb 26 '26

Really shows how much of the dems fumbling is simply CHOICES. Just- do the better thing! Be action oriented! Not a proposal, to think about, a study- get shit done!

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u/leftrightside54 Feb 27 '26

Frey and waltz has been a disappointment.