President Donald Trump has reportedly been talking to New York politicians and businessmen about the field of candidates in the upcoming N.Y.C. mayoral election.
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
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.
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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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
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.
Nah. Mamdani will easily win.
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