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Trump endorses Cuomo for NYC mayor

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President Donald Trump endorsed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a lifelong Democrat running as an independent, in Tuesday’s NYC mayoral election.



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To put a person in this seat at this time with no experience is reckless and dangerous.”Mamdani was ready with a laundry list of his own, as well as a dig at a rival who spent much of the primary campaign — and his time on the debate stage — incorrectly pronouncing his name as “Mamdami.”“To Mr. Cuomo: I have never had to resign in disgrace; I’ve never cut Medicaid, I’ve never stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from the MTA, I’ve never hounded the 13 women who credibly accused me of sexual harassment, I’ve never sued for their gynecological records and I have never done those things because I am not you,” Mamdani replied. “And furthermore, the name is Mamdani: M–A-M-D-A-N-I. You should learn how to say it, because we’ve gotta get it right,” he said.A direct foilAs the two men staked out their lanes in the Democratic primary, each constantly invoked the other to explain their theory of the case. Kicking off the first primary debate, which was hosted by NBC 4 New York, Mamdani’s first answer laid out his pitch to enact progressive policies by freezing rent-stabilized apartment costs, making city buses free and enacting universal child care — all while framing his platform in diametric opposition to Cuomo, at that point the longtime polling front-runner. “I will pay for this by taxing the 1%, the billionaires and the profitable corporations that Mr. Cuomo cares more about than working-class New Yorkers,” Mamdani said. When asked how he’d turn his policy proposals into enacted reality, Mamdani attacked Cuomo again, arguing that in the state Legislature, he successfully “overcame” the objections of “a governor then who didn’t want to raise taxes on billionaires and corporations. That was then-Gov. Cuomo.” Cuomo has taken a similar path, repeatedly contrasting his experience as a former governor and federal housing secretary to Mamdani’s, contending that his younger opponent is all flash, no substance by comparison. “Mr. Mamdani is very good on Twitter with videos, but he actually produces nothing,” Cuomo said during that same debate. And at the second debate, Cuomo framed himself as the only candidate on the stage with a record of translating plans into action. “Everyone has a plan — they had a plan to build LaGuardia Airport, nobody did it until I did it. They had a plan to build the new Moynihan train station, but nobody could do it until I did it. They had a plan to finish the Second Avenue Subway, but nobody could do it until I could do it. Now we have plans to build affordable housing, and we do need hundreds of thousands of units,” Cuomo said. “It’s one thing to have a plan. It’s another thing to have the ability to do it. 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