New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) said that voting for Andrew Cuomo is the same as voting for President Trump.
Mamdani said, “Donald Trump has chosen his candidate. The name of that candidate is Andrew Cuomo.” told MSNBC’s Ari Melber. In an interview broadcast on Monday. “And New Yorkers have a chance to choose their fighter. And I believe that candidate should be me.”
Mamdani is the frontrunner in Tuesday’s general election against Cuomo, who is running an independent campaign, and Republican Curtis Sliwa. An Emerson College polling/PIX11/The Hill survey of New York City residents Issued Last week found that 50 percent of respondents supported Mamdani, while 25 percent supported Cuomo, 21 percent supported Sliwa and 4 percent said they were undecided.
Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill Poll Issued In September, Mamdani had a 15-point lead over Cuomo, whom he defeated in the Democratic primary in the summer, and a 33-point lead over Sliwa.
Despite Sliwa being the GOP nominee, Trump has endorsed Cuomo in the past few days.
Trump on his Truth social platform on Monday evening called Mamdani is a “communist” and said he would stop federal funding “besides the minimum necessary” for the country’s largest city. The president said that a vote for Sliwa “is a vote for Mamdani” and that New York City residents should vote for Cuomo “regardless of whether you personally want to.” [him] Or not.”
Trump too told He told CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell on Friday that he would vote for Cuomo rather than Mamdani.
“I’m not a fan of Cuomo by any means, but if it’s going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist, to be honest with you, I’ll pick the bad Democrat all the time,” Trump. SaidIn an interview aired Sunday on “60 Minutes.”
Mamdani sarcastically congratulated Cuomo on social platform “I know how hard you’ve worked to support the president,” he said after the interview aired.
