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:
How many Democratic voters do you know? Are they all billionaires?
Not voters but the politicians and their donors and lobbyists who drive and shape policy yes. Your statement could apply equally to Republicans for example to show how irrelevant it is.
It’s not my statement, it’s your statement, so if it’s irrelevant then you fucked up.
What are you on about here? It’s clear they talked about the Democratic Party (not the voters) the entire time
Democrats?
You said Democrats. OC said the democratic party.
These people think change comes from doing nothing. I don’t think logic is going to help your argument with them.