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:

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    Democrats voted. So I’d say that the numbers prove- that it’s the stay at home non-voting idiots and Third Party voters that seem to prefer Trump.

    I’m mean. Look around.

    They’re all already shitting on what should be the best chance to win against MAGA. Good is the enemy of perfect to them. We have d a chance to have good. Good was not having concentration camps. Good was not having our military turned against us. Good was having our family and friends in the LGBTQ* safe and respected.

    They chose to bring Trump to the doorsteps of everyone by doing nothing at all and expecting change.

    This is NOT the democrats fault. As bad as that are, they will NEVER be as bad as MAGA.