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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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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In a less fucked up world he would have passed the baton 3 years in. I think that was the most likely scenario for things to have worked out in the least shitty way that was reasonably possible, given the context and hindsight.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure buddy whatever makes you sleep at night.

This is pathetic reasoning why DNC keeps losing elections like a clock work.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What do you think you are contributing with this comment?

The DNC being shit at elections is exactly why that scenario seems like it would have been the best path and still within the bounds of reasonably possible given the constraints involved. It would have put Kamala in the optimal position and given her a year to pin inflation and everything else unpopular on Biden while also having incumbency, the entire political dynamic of the country would have been changed. She could have had a clean break and gone into the election with a coherent campaign built from the ground up. It's not the best outcome obviously, we still end up with Kamala vs. Trump but the odds would likely be much more against Trump. My only point is that in this counterfactual Trump is at his biggest disadvantage within a realistic scenario. If you think otherwise explain. And if you think any of this is somehow a defense of the DNC, read again more carefully.