Mamdani's not like Obama (we pray).

Mamdani didn’t help Palestine half as much as Palestine helped him.

This was similar to how Obama won in 2008 — largely as a reaction to the invasion of Iraq.

Obama’s election didn’t mean a real shift in US policy. In part that was because Obama was an opportunist. But also because many were more were smitten with him rather than asserting serious principles after he was elected.