GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa ripped foe Andrew Cuomo and the Dem Party on Saturday when asked whether he\u2019s playing spoiler in the race \u2014 saying they\u2019re the only ones to blame if Zohran Mamdani wins.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow [Cuomo\u2019s] saying, `I can\u2019t win without Sliwa votes.\u2019 Where are your votes?!\u201d Sliwa said on YouTube\u2019s \u201cThe Nate Friedman Show.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rise of the lefty Democratic Socialist Mamdani \u201cis the result of Democrats\u2019 self-destruction,\u201d Sliwa said.<\/p>\n
GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa says his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, and the Dem Party are the only ones to blame if Zohran Mamdani wins. X\/NateFriedman97<\/p>\n
Sliwa, center, speaks during a mayoral debate with Cuomo, left, and Mamdani on Thursday. AP<\/p>\n
\u201cWho created Zohran Mamdani?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I\u2019m supposed to help them? How come they don\u2019t help themselves? Andrew Cuomo failed everyone in the [Democratic] primary. He even admitted it,\u201d Sliwa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo out and get your own votes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow [Cuomo\u2019s] saying, `I can\u2019t win without Sliwa votes.\u2019 Where are your votes?!\u201d Sliwa said on YouTube\u2019s \u201cThe Nate Friedman Show.\u201d \u201cGo out and get your own votes.\u201d Tomas E. Gaston<\/p>\n
The Guardian Angels founder was steaming that Democratic former Gov. Cuomo and others \u2014 including billionaire investor Bill Ackman<\/a> \u2014 are accusing him of guaranteeing the election of Dem Party nominee and front-runner Mamdani by splitting the anti-Mamdani vote between himself and Cuomo instead of stepping aside to give the ex-governor a better shot.<\/p>\n Cuomo is running on the independent \u201cFight and Deliver\u201d ballot line after Mamdani trounced him in the Democratic primary. The ex-gov is running second in the polls, double digits behind <\/a>Mamdani but ahead of Sliwa.<\/p>\n Sliwa said his supporters have issues with both Cuomo and Mamdani.<\/p>\n The Guardian Angels founder said his supporters have issues with both Cuomo and Mamdani. Michael Nagle<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody who is going to vote for me is suddenly going to be reborn and say, `We love Andrew Cuomo?\u2019 He killed all those elderly,\u201d Sliwa said, referencing Cuomo\u2019s gubernatorial administration that ordered nursing homes to admit COVID-infected patients discharged from overwhelmed hospitals during the peak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a sexual harasser,\u201d the GOPer added of Cuomo, referring to accusations from women that the former gov denies but nonetheless forced his resignation as governor under the threat of impeachment.<\/p>\n Sliwa also noted that Cuomo suggested in 2014 that New Yorkers who oppose abortion and support gun rights should leave the<\/a> state, creating outcry from conservatives.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Republican candidate, meanwhile, dismissed Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square Capital, and other 1 Percenters who are trying to influence the race in Cuomo\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n \u201cAckman is a jerk,\u201d Sliwa said.<\/p>\n \u201cStay in your lane,\u201d he advised the moneyman. \u201cWe know Andrew Cuomo lost. He\u2019s already tossed in the towel.\u201d<\/p>\n Sliwa argued that, unlike Cuomo, he is a major party nominee. He added that he has an obligation to stay in the race to help down-ballot Republican candidates vying for City Council and judgeships.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know Andrew Cuomo lost. He\u2019s already tossed in the towel,\u201d Silwa said. X\/NateFriedman97<\/p>\n But Cuomo said he\u2019s the candidate with the best shot to topple Mamdani in a one-on-one race, not Sliwa \u2014 so it makes since for the GOPer to step aside, given the consequences if he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n \u201cCurtis Sliwa can\u2019t win the race. He was put there by Republican Party bosses,\u201d Cuomo said on <\/a>ABC 7\u2019s \u201cUp Close with Bill Ritter\u201d on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s there as a spoiler. The Republican Party wants to see Zohran Mamdani win for their own political purposes. A vote for Curtis Sliwa is a a vote for Zohran Mamdani,\u201d the ex-gov said.<\/p>\n Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani walks with supporters to 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the first mayoral debate on Thursday. REUTERS<\/p>\n