Buffalo’s On The Brink Of Becoming First Big City Communist Mayor In 60 Years

The struggling city of Buffalo is about to go from bad to worse. The emergence of Socialist politicians is a serious danger for America. Today, many of our big cities are in a state of total disrepair. The people who live in these cities our desperate, poor, and lack hope. As such, they are easy pray for slick socialist politicians who promise free housing, free health care, and government handouts.

Buffalo has been deteriorating for years. The decay and destruction is the fruit of Democrat rule. It’s why the radicals were able to take the city. It was already in terrible shape. Demagogues appeal to people’s worst inclination when things are bad.

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.@Indiawaltonbflo became a mother at 14 years old. She earned her GED while pregnant w/ twins.

She graduated, became a registered nurse, & then a representative in her union, 1199SEIU. Then directed a Community Land Trust.

Tonight it seems Buffalo may be making her Mayor. https://t.co/SlKY0fXKF5

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 23, 2021

Congrats to @Indiawaltonbflo on her win, and all the amazing Buffalo folks who made it happen! #IndiaWalton #BuffaloMayor pic.twitter.com/j0lqQBOtgs

— DSA (@DemSocialists) June 23, 2021

Buffalo’s Walton on verge of becoming first big city socialist mayor in 60 years

By Politico, June 23, 2021

Political newcomer and unabashed socialist India Walton is on the verge of defeating Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown in a Democratic primary on Tuesday night. It would be a stunning loss for one of the most prominent figures in New York’s Democratic establishment.

If Walton holds onto her lead and goes on to win the general election, she would become the first socialist mayor of a large American city since Milwaukee’s Frank Zeidler, who left office in 1960.

As the the state’s progressives struggled to drive the narrative in New York City’s mayoral election, organizations such as the left-leaning Working Families Party made Walton’s campaign a major priority. Still, she had scant resources compared with her well-established opponent, an ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

With over 99 percent of in-person votes counted, Walton led Brown 52 percent to 45 percent.

Brown said that he would not immediately concede.

The Democratic nominee is always the overwhelming favorite in a Buffalo mayoral election. Voters haven’t sent a Republican to City Hall since John F. Kennedy was in the White House.

Brown was seeking a fifth term. He ran a Rose Garden campaign and avoided debates.

The mayor recently served as Cuomo’s pick to chair the state Democratic Party. He’s appeared with Cuomo at four press briefings in the past couple of months, twice as many as any other elected official in the state.

Long-struggling Buffalo has undergone something of a renaissance during Brown’s tenure. Major projects have been built downtown, and the city is poised to gain population in a census for the first time in generations.

But there’s always been some criticism that those gains have not benefited all of the city.

“Folks are ready for change,” Walton said in an interview earlier this month. “The mayor’s been in office for 16 years, and we have not seen significant improvements in many of our communities, especially those that are primarily occupied by Black people and brown people and poor people.”