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The district she is running for was basically split Trump-Harris, so this is the conventional wisdom play. It is also a misread of the 2026 electorate and exactly what her incumbent opponent is also saying.

Luckily for her, Conley’s opponent also knows that he needs to generate enthusiasm among Republicans, so he’s doing things like this.

That said, I guarantee you that Trump isn’t *more* popular than Mamdani in NY-17 and it seems pretty easy to take a “she is in the same party as Mamdani” attack and turn it into a “he literally holds rallies with Trump” response.

It comes down to candidate quality and courage in the end. Democratic candidates have relied too heavily on consultants like Carville in the past whose perspective is stuck in the 20th century. Piker has a huge constituency like Rogan. He’s hated by politicians & the media, base voters love him.

Piker (and Rogan) is a fucking idiot and should have no place in any of this.

Yeah, NY-17 resident here who supported one of Cait’s opponents. You’re right that she’s misreading discomfort with the DSA wing of the party for centrist, both-sides gibberish. We want strident Democrats who will take the fight to T and push back on left-wing extremism too.

… which happens to be what won Cait the primary. This reverse-tack-for-the-general garbage is transparent and uninspiring. She’ll win anyway.

not trying to start arguments here but this is a bit of a wild read to me as the people i've seen pointed to as examples of left wing "extremists" would be considered fairly run of the mill left leaning politicians in many other countries the difference in overton windows between countries are fun

I’m in this district too. I can believe that AOC and Mamdani are not as popular but whatever discomfort there is here with them pales in in comparison to how much Trump is loathed. I like AOC and Z but I don’t care what Conley does because I am ready to crawl on broken glass to vote against Lawler.