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Leaked audio of Cuomo's confidence that Trump and Republicans will help him (www.politico.com)

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An attendee asked Cuomo directly if he or his team was in conversation with the White House about how Trump might influence the race. Cuomo didn’t directly deny it this time.

“Let’s put it this way: I knew the president very well,” Cuomo said. “I believe there’s a big piece of him that actually wants redemption in New York. He feels that he was rejected by New York. We voted for Hillary Clinton. Bill de Blasio took his name off things. So I believe there will be opportunities to actually cooperate with him. I also believe that he’s not going to want to fight with me in New York if he can avoid it.”

“We can minimize (the Sliwa) vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate,” Cuomo told the crowd at a Hamptons fundraiser Saturday, according to audio obtained by Playbook. “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.”

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[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

How he got beat in the primary by Mamdani and Cuomo is running as an independent?

Edit: Whoops, not a liberal, answered anyway.

Still though - this is quite literally the example of "primary them and replace with progressives". Like, to the letter of what you're trying to complain about not happening is exactly what happened.

You can easily read about it in any of these articles:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/zohran-mamdani-ranked-choice-results-00435184

https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-surprise-victory-came-from-lefty-nyc-neighborhoods-and-a-far-broader-coalition-of-voters-expected-for-a-socialist/

https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mayoral-primary-results-zohran-mamdani

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/zohran-mamdanis-victory-in-nyc-mayoral-primary-confirmed-after-ranked-choice-vote-count

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mamdanis-new-york-mayoral-primary-win-exposes-democratic/story?id=123282866

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/nyregion/mamdani-wins-mayor-primary-nyc.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/01/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-democratic-primary-election/84427903007/

Please feel free to ask any questions you may have about how a socialist won in the primary, defeating liberals, as a means to leverage the democrat ticket for a progressive win.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I believe that's what they were sarcastically saying.

Hey guys, when it was your candidate you said "blue no matter who". Now it's a further left candidate. Can you please continue lecturing me about "blue no matter who"?

Or similar. I'm not a wordologist, that's just how I understood it.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago

I would like to believe you are right and I misread sarcasm. Unfortunately they will need to clarify because I've seen too many other similar comments without any sarcasm in there at all.