Juvenile: Mamdani attack by Lindsey Graham

[applegrove]

Mamdani is trying to prevent New York’s power grid from failing, you idiot.

78° by choice is a lot better than 100° without electricity.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-07-02T15:02:39.063Z

[Oneironaut]

1. This appeals to the selfish Conservative mindset. .

They don’t care as long as they’re the one with the AC and power consumption. They don't want to live in a society. They want to be the upper class in a society built for them while the lower classes make sacrifices to uphold their lifestyle.

[Deuxcents]

2. It's been advised by A/C experts and the power companies to set the thermostat at 78* in summer

I have mine set at 78*, curtains drawn at windows facing the sun and my house is quite comfortable. Plus my power bill isn’t shocking me every month. If it’s exceptionally warm at night, I’ll set it at 77* and turn the fan on and and sleep just fine. No one is coming for anyone’s a/c..fear tactics like coming for your guns while wanting sensible gun safety regulations. Aren’t most people over these faux outrage comments?

[Norrrm]

3. Perhaps Lindsey forgets republicans losing power in Texas and Ted Cruz ran off to Cancun to get warm.

[GiqueCee]

4. Lat's dispense with the niceties...

... and just feed Lindsey to the hogs. If they'll have him. Even hogs have standards.

[3catwoman3]

5. Maybe vultures.

They like carrion.

[BidenRocks]

6. Mine stays at 80.

So. Ca. has temps to make New Yorkers pass out!
When I get home I can set 77 and it quickly gets there.

I have experienced outages and brown outs. I had a shut off installed on my AC if they had a need.

I don't understand the pissy attitude.
Mandami is absolutely correct!

[cab67]

14. I keep mine lower, but...

...I'm a lifelong chronic asthmatic, so it has to be lower to stave off an attack.

But it still stays in the 70's.

[dawn5651]

7. i swear lindsey grahams brain has gone in to sleep mode and hasn't woken up in years.

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[niyad]

22. I think you are quite correct.

[yardwork]

8. The request to set AC a little higher during high-use times is standard.

Mamdani didn't just come up with this. It's standard. Common sense.

[0rganism]

9. Set it too low, and you get kicked in the face by the atmosphere if/when you go outside

I've worked in some temp-controlled environments, and this happened without fail in the summer. Indoor-to-outdoor changing nearly instantly from ~60' to 90'+ just sucks.

[Karasu]

10. Graham probably see Texas's shitty "freedom grid" as aspirational and not something most states avoid like the plague.

[ananda]

11. They tell us that here in Austin.

Nobody thnks anything of it.

We just do it.

It's easy for me. I'm fine at 82 inside.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

12. A Texan here. We are told to use as little electricity as possible every hot day.

If Lindsey thinks y this is unusual it just shows how out of touch with the real world he is.

[niyad]

13. Hey, leningradlindsey, you clueless jackass. That is, word for word, what my

POWER COMPANY sends out as notices in our bills, and posts on their website in the heatwaves. It is basic, common sense. Just like watering in the evening, instead of during the heat of the day. You lying, monstrous, hate-filled, self-loathing piece of hypocritical filth.

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. Republicans don't do common sense

The phrase is a stick to beat liberals with. It's about time we turned the tables.

[niyad]

16. True

[Karasu]

20. I always found their branding as the party of common sense to be utterly fucking hilarious coming from people obsessed

with conspiracy theories, religion, laissez-faire economics, and all forms of magical thinking.

[niyad]

23. So very true.

[Phoenix61]

17. I set my central unit at 78 and run a dehumidifier

24/7. I have a small window unit in my tiny bedroom I just run at night. I set it at 68 before I go to bed and sleep under just a sheet. If I had to I could live without it but menopause definitely changed my internal thermostat.

[BidenRocks]

19. Dehumidifier

Growing up in hot humid Milwaukee, we had no A/C.
We had a dehumidifier in the basement.
Very cool. Don't forget the drain pan!

[Phoenix61]

21. It sweetly turns itself off when the reservoir is full. 😀

[70sEraVet]

18. Apparently, Social Democrats have a theory that if everybody works together...

Things will work out BETTER for EVERYBODY!
That sounds very AMERICAN to me!

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

24. Lindsey's thermostat peaks anytime he hears the name Trump.