Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a fundraiser he believes President Donald Trump and other Republicans will encourage people to vote for him for New York City mayor and not GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa.
“We can minimize (the Sliwa) vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate,” Cuomo said at a Hamptons fundraiser, according to audio obtained by Politico. “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.”
Cuomo, who is running as an independent candidate is trailing Democrat nominee Zohran Mamdani in the polls, after losing to him in the Democrat primary in June.
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