The quickness and ease with which Mayor Mamdani has accomplished many of the things he said he would in such a short time shows just how ridiculous 2. often is
We absolutely should expect politicians to follow through on their promises and they should face consequences when they don't
When a politician walks back a promise in an attempt to appease the right, constituents can count on two things:
1. More concessions are coming.
2. Any pushback is met with a deluge of people explaining how no one should have expected them to do something as unrealistic as exactly what they said.