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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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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I agree with you, but I want to point out the strategy was mostly to get moderate voter who tend to vote Republican to vote for them, not to get moderate Republicans to vote for them. Slightly different, but an important distinction. It was still stupid and failed either way though, because they had to abandon people who are more on their side to do so.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Fair point, and thank you for the clarification!

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the strategy was mostly to get moderate voter who tend to vote Republican to vote for them, not to get moderate Republicans to vote for them. Slightly different, but an important distinction.

What's the difference? If you're a moderate voter who votes Republican, then you're a...moderate Republican. That's what a moderate Republican is.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know if you're aware but you can register your party affiliation. Some states require this to vote in primaries. The graph above is for registered rebublicans, not people who tend to vote Republican.