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[–] 147 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I can't think of anything more campaign sinking than an endorsement from Trump in an NYC mayoral race (that Cuomo already lost within his own proported party).

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It wouldn't just be a Trump endorsement. It's putting the might of the conservative propaganda machine behind him. It's getting Sliwa, the Republican candidate, to drop out and endorse him

    NYC is very Democrat, but the Republican base is still a significant voting block. If they can get that bloc to vote Cuomo, and rally the Adams base (likely offering him immunity/pardons, and some position of power), they represent a sognificant threat to Mamdani, even if he is the most popular candidate by far

    Trump doesn't believe in free and fair elections. He's shown he's more than willing to break the law to get the election results he wants

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  • I think you're correct, if Trump orchestrates all of that (Sliwa and Adams both dropping out) without explicitly endorsing, that could be a threat. But Trump is toxic waste in NYC. Of course everywhere has their share of assholes, but NYers have a long memory for crises specifically. Trump deliberately targeted them during covid, bragged about his building height during 9/11, I could go on. They hate his guts way more than they hate Cuomo.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nah. Mamdani will easily win.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Without interference, I think he'll win easily. I just don't have confidence in the integrity of a local election in the current US political climate

    Not to say vote machines will be tampered with, just that there's a lot of ways Trump and the current political machine can interfere. Especially since anti-Mamdani is something old guard Democrats and Conservatives can agree on

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