President Trump would love nothing higher than a Zohran Mamdani victory in New York’s mayoral race, former Gov. Cuomo mentioned Saturday, claiming the concept that Trump desires Eric Adams out of the race to assist Cuomo win is “baloney.”
Because the candidates for NYC mayor all gathered at Saturday’s Labor Day parade in Manhattan, Cuomo mentioned the president would use the socialist candidate’s ultra-liberal beliefs to each wrest management over town and destroy the Democratic get together in a single shot.
“Mamdani is a perfect stooge for President Trump,” Cuomo mentioned on the Labor Day Parade on Fifth Ave., blasting hypothesis that Trump tried to construct assist behind Cuomo by encouraging incumbent Mayor Adams to bow out of the election.
Mamdani “is the best person for their political interests,” Cuomo continued. “If (Mamdani) is mayor of New York, they’ll use him against the Democrats all across the country. They will say, ‘Look who the Democrats are. They’re socialists. They are for disbanding the police. They’re for legalizing prostitution. They sympathize with terrorists.’ That’s what Mamdani represents.”
Politicians, together with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (R) and New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (2nd-R), march through the 2025 NYC Labor Day Parade on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Heather Khalifa/Getty Pictures)
Mayor Adams and Cuomo, each reasonable Democrats, are operating as Independents towards Mamdani, the Democratic candidate, and Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa, who’s operating as a Republican. There may be widespread hypothesis that Adams and Cuomo each remaining within the race would make it simpler for Mamdani, who’s main within the polls, to win.
However on Friday, Adams shot down rumors he was contemplating ending his longshot re-election marketing campaign as a way to develop into a U.S. ambassador in President Trump’s administration, probably in Saudi Arabia.
On the similar time, when requested Saturday why he hasn’t unequivocally dominated out taking a job with Trump, Adams replied: “It doesn’t matter what I say you all are not going to report it accurately anyway I answered that question already.”
Throughout his Friday press convention at Gracie Mansion, Adams inferred that the Trump rumors had been began by Cuomo, whom the mayor referred to as “a snake and a liar.”
Mayor Eric Adams marches within the annual Labor Day parade on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (Emma Seiwell / New York Each day Information)
Cuomo shrugged off Adams’ curt phrases Saturday.
“I stopped listening to Adams a long time ago and so did New York City,” Cuomo mentioned, claiming that he hasn’t spoken to Trump in regards to the mayoral race.
Rumors that Trump was placing his assist behind Cuomo to beat Mamdani was “baloney,” he mentioned.
“Trump would step in within 11 minutes if Mamdani was to win and take over New York City, and he would say, ‘I have to, for the safety of New Yorkers, because Mamdani already said he would disband the police and legalize prostitution and do away with misdemeanors,’” Cuomo mentioned. “(Mamdani) is President Trump’s dream candidate. (He) couldn’t create a better candidate to hurt the Democrats than socialist Mamdani.”
Politicians, together with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (R), New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (2nd-R), New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (C-L) and New York State Legal professional Basic Letitia James (Third-L), march through the 2025 NYC Labor Day Parade on Sept. 6, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Heather Khalifa/Getty Pictures)
Trump has repeatedly incorrectly referred to as Mamdani a “communist” and mentioned Thursday he doesn’t “like to see a communist become mayor.”
Mamdani marched originally of the Labor Day parade lined up behind a banner with liberal Rep. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Gov. Hochul. Hochul has held off backing Mamdani’s bid for mayor.
Trump’s feedback on the race have fueled hypothesis he’s providing Adams a job in change for dropping out.
“I don’t think you can win unless you have one on one, because somehow he’s gotten a little bit of a lead,” Trump mentioned on Thursday, referring to Mamdani, who’s polling because the clear favourite to win November’s election. “I would like to see two people drop out and have it be one on one. I think that’s a race that could be won.”
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a cupboard assembly, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, on the White Home in Washington. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)
As marched within the parade, Adams doubled down on his vow to proceed campaigning, regardless of his low ballot numbers.
“I can’t be any clearer. I’m in the race until the end,” Adams mentioned. “There’s no other way to say it, there’s no other way to articulate it.”
Adams got here out swinging towards his opponents on Friday, calling each Mamdani and Cuomo “two spoiled brats.”
“They were born with silver spoons in their mouths, not like working class New Yorkers,” Adams mentioned. “I’m a working class New Yorker. They are not like us.”
Mayor Eric Adams marches within the annual Labor Day parade on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Picture/Olga Fedorova)
Adams additionally mentioned that he was “the only one who can beat Mamdani.”
Curtis Sliwa is pictured on the annual Labor Day parade on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in New York. (Emma Seiwell / New York Each day Information)
Sliwa mentioned that rumors of Adams future within the race “gives me vertigo.”
“I don’t know from day to day what he’s doing,” the Guardian Angels founder mentioned. “I don’t understand how you beat Mamdani if from someday to the following, you’re an envoy to Saudi Arabia, now I’m going to rethink that.
“The more he vacillates, the more his supporters come to my campaign. I’m not dropping out. I want the people to make their decision by November 4, who becomes the mayor.”
Initially Printed: September 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM EDT
