Politico reports that at a Hamptons fundraiser last Saturday, Cuomo told his well-heeled supporters that, contrary to all available evidence, he could win the New York mayoral race as an independent—because he was likely to have the implicit support of President Donald Trump.
The imperative of defeating Mamdani justified the new coalition Cuomo is trying to create of his die-hard loyalists (who are Democrats) with Trump Republicans.
Some of that latter group might be tempted to back Curtis Sliwa, the actual GOP nominee in the race. Cuomo told these donors, “We can minimize [the Sliwa] vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate. And Trump himself, as well as top Republicans, will say the goal is to stop Mamdani. And you’ll be wasting your vote on Sliwa.” Cuomo went on to emphasize that he’d be a mayor who could find common ground with Trump:
You are trying to treat the symptom, not the problem.
If the candidate who supports 90% of your values doesn’t support your values in your eyes thatd your problem. If people would rather let somebody who supports the opposite of their values in than the 90%, that’s our problem.
Good day.
Let’s face it, half the people on here are more likely to believe memes from conservatives than the complete vote histories available online to all.
It’s everyone’s job to be informed on issues before voting.