Trump backs long-time rival Cuomo for NYC Mayor with threat against ‘communist’ Mamdani: Live updates
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City’s mayoral race, has said Donald Trump is “threatened” by his campaign as the president backs former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
“Donald Trump is threatened by our campaign,” Mamdani told CNN Monday night. “He’s threatened by it because, like his, we’ve diagnosed the crisis in working-class New Yorkers’ lives, the cost of living, but unlike him, we’re actually going to deliver on that.”
The president threw his support behind Cuomo earlier Monday, writing on Truth Social, “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice.”
He also said it would be “highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds” to New York City if “communist” Mamdani wins the election. Mamdani identifies as a Democratic socialist.
Trump has also warned that voting for Democrats in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections is a “death wish.”
“Virginia and New Jersey, VOTE REPUBLICAN IF YOU WANT MASSIVE ENERGY COST AND CRIME REDUCTIONS. The Democrats will double and even triple your Energy Costs, and CRIME will be rampant,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday evening without providing statistics to back up his claims.
