The disgraced former governor is repeatedly proving just how similar he is to the disgraced current president.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35097130

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:

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    2 days ago

    This is what was said:

    An attendee asked Cuomo directly if he or his team was in conversation with the White House about how Trump might influence the race. Cuomo didn’t directly deny it this time.

    “Let’s put it this way: I knew the president very well,” Cuomo said. “I believe there’s a big piece of him that actually wants redemption in New York. He feels that he was rejected by New York. We voted for Hillary Clinton. Bill de Blasio took his name off things. So I believe there will be opportunities to actually cooperate with him. I also believe that he’s not going to want to fight with me in New York if he can avoid it.”

    “We can minimize (the Sliwa) vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate,” Cuomo told the crowd at a Hamptons fundraiser Saturday, according to audio obtained by Playbook. “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. So I feel good about that.”

    https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2025/08/19/cuomos-seeking-a-trump-bump-00513909

    • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 days ago

      The silver lining is that Cuomo, Adams, and Sliwa are all competing for the same demographic of billionaires and knuckledraggers. I highly doubt anyone who was going to vote Zohran is going to switch their minds.

  • Harvey656@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    Trumpist sounds like the worse thing possible to be called. Rapist would sound better. Fucking gross.