Andrew Cuomo will never beat Zohran Mamdani – Latest News
We might not agree with their reasoning, however we’re glad to affix Bill Ackman and the Rev. Al Sharpton in calling out the absurdity of considering Andrew Cuomo can rally a counter-insurgency to defeat Zohran Mamdani within the November mayoral race.
The ex-gov remains to be attempting to play an insiders’ recreation, brandishing done-to-his-order polling to attempt to persuade fats cats and particular pursuits that he can nonetheless pull it out, regardless of his humiliating failure final month.
Andrew can rally Republicans, moderates and non-extreme Democrats, this declare goes.
Bull: Cuomo’s sellouts to the laborious left in his closing years as governor earned him the everlasting mistrust of anybody who was paying consideration — and he simply re-owned all these horrible choices as he was (unsuccessfully) crawling for the Democratic nomination.
He hasn’t even apologized for congestion pricing or botching pot legalization.
Plus, his COVID conduct is totally disqualifying, from the lethal nursing-home order to the arbitrary, micromanaging diktats (Keep bowling alleys closed! You should buy food with each beer!) to the squalid $5 million e book deal.
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Nor can he even maintain on to his shedding coalition from the first or shore up donors and supporters for an impartial run in November.
The labor motion is dashing to chase the principle probability: Both the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and SEIU 32BJ have jumped ship to endorse Mamdani within the basic, with the United Federation of Teachers not far behind.
Blacks: The Rev might not converse for all of all of them the time, however it’s fairly telling that he’s calling for Cuomo to step apart and provides Mayor Eric Adams most room to run.
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And Ackman is only one fats cat, however we anticipate most will share his logic: Why persist with a confirmed loser?
When Post editors sat down with Cuomo in March, our own Michael Goodwin was solely more satisfied Andrew may lose the first; and whereas Goodwin now sees the final otherwise, Ackman factors to Cuomo’s uninspiring “body language,” “subdued energy” and weak “proposals to beat Mamdani” as proof “that he is not up for the fight.”
Now, we’ve got no concept if Adams can flip it round, however not less than he has a firm report of opposing the worst Albany nonsense, and actual achievements as mayor.
And in stark distinction to the ex-gov, the mayor’s fairly frank about making errors — and never BS “I cared too much about the people” errors.
Andrew Cuomo is a useless man strolling.
And a egocentric one, as he’s all the time been.
Back in 2002, after trailing badly within the polls for months, Cuomo lastly stop the gubernatorial main race round Labor Day and endorsed then-Comptroller Carl McCall — however too late to get his title off the Liberal Party line for November.
But perhaps simply as soon as, he’ll heed Sharpton’s counsel and do “what is best for the city.”
Just don’t wager on it.
