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groundloop

(13,636 posts)
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 04:14 PM 9 hrs ago

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt

Source: The Guardian

It snowed two weeks ago in New York. Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing – a temperature science naturally dictates is necessary to melt snow and ice.

But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, who have instead blamed Zohran Mamdani, New York’s new socialist mayor, for the snow not having melted and still clogging up some of the city’s streets.

The New York Post, the rightwing tabloid and a frequent Mamdani critic, has led the charge. This week the newspaper claimed that “slushy streets” were “ruining travel for everyone”.

“New Yorkers are feeling left out in the cold more than a week after fierce Winter Storm Fern dumped over a foot of snow on the city – and left behind iceberg-sized snow piles blocking roadways, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking spots,” the Post said.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/08/mamdani-snow-ice-freeze-storm



Same old GQPer playbook..... bitch bitch bitch and never offer one little tidbit of help.
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Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt (Original Post) groundloop 9 hrs ago OP
Effin' NYP... We've barely cracked 32f in these past 2 weeks. electric_blue68 8 hrs ago #1
Huh. Neither the Onion nor the NYT pitchbot. LearnedHand 8 hrs ago #2
The low-sodium nanny state!!1!11! (nt) Pinback 7 hrs ago #3
GREAT title! Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #4
LOL! I wish someone would melt it! bamagal62 7 hrs ago #5
I heard they revised it now Polybius 5 hrs ago #7
It's not melting here in Pittsburgh either ... got nothing to do with the mayor FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #6
But Science....... LilElf70 9 min ago #8

LilElf70

(1,441 posts)
8. But Science.......
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 01:06 AM
9 min ago

But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, who have instead blamed Zohran Mamdani, New York’s new socialist mayor, for the snow not having melted and still clogging up some of the city’s streets.

The stupidity here, to actually blame Zohran, is off the charts. No one believes it, so why would anyone say it? Unless they are extremely toopid, themselves. That might very well be the answer.

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