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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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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If enough people no show for Mamdani he could still lose.

Is anybody on the left saying that people should sit out this election, though? I think that people who are typically apathetic about voting would actually show up to the polls when somebody like Mamdani is running; that is, somebody who is both good on the issues and is popular. Typically, the politicians who are good on the issues have such small budgets and are so marginalized that nobody knows who they are, so the voters who would support them just stay home. Mamdani managed to pull off the hat-trick of being both a Democratic Socialist and winning a Democratic primary.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

think that people who are typically apathetic about voting would actually show up to the polls when somebody like Mamdani

And we need them to show up in other cases as well. At least vote green or some other third party.

Harm minimization does help; particularly in deep red areas. And if your in a solid blue place then go to primaries and support your local Mamdani as much as possible.

Most tankies will discourage others from doing this. Which means they keep us from moving back left.

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

At least vote green or some other third party.

Yes! Alternative parties need your vote! Research all the candidates. You'll probably find somebody you agree with, at least most of the time. No candidate is perfect, but I can almost always find one who I won't feel bad about voting for.

I dunno. Simply not voting is such a cop-out, and it isn't a morally defensible position. It's part of your responsibility as a citizen.