{"id":340979,"date":"2025-10-29T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/340979\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:05:34","slug":"anti-mamdani-super-pac-evokes-communist-label-as-cuomo-seeks-gop-voters-in-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/340979\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Mamdani super PAC evokes ‘communist’ label as Cuomo seeks GOP voters in NYC mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of anti-Zohran Mamdani<\/a> super PACs are deploying increasingly Red-baiting ads about him in the final days of the New York City mayoral race as part of a broader effort to persuade conservative voters to line up behind independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in next week\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Defend NYC, a super PAC that\u2019s advocating for Cuomo and against Mamdani, dropped $250,000 on an anti-Mamdani text message blast to local voters that quoted President Trump<\/a>, new disclosures show.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump weighed in! He said what we already know: This race is between Andrew Cuomo or Zohran Mamdani and Cuomo is the ONLY choice for mayor. Cuomo is flawed but we have to do our civic duty and vote for him to stop communism from coming to NYC,\u201d reads the text blast, which also included a video clip of Trump deriding Mamdani as \u201ca Communist.\u201d<\/p>\n

The text spree appears to be the first ad from a major pro-Cuomo super PAC broadcasting Trump\u2019s incorrect claim<\/a> about Mamdani being a Communist. Mamdani, who has polled as the clear favorite to win next Tuesday\u2019s mayoral election, is a democratic socialist.<\/p>\n

\"PresidentPresident Donald Trump attends a meeting with business leaders in Japan. (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Among Defend NYC\u2019s top donors are Joe Gebbia<\/a>, the co-founder of Airbnb who\u2019s also a major financial supporter of pro-Trump causes, as well as hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, another pro-Trump billionaire.<\/p>\n

The PAC is being run by Jason Meister<\/a>, a political adviser to the president who recently told the New York Post that the deadly pro-Trump Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol should be declared a public holiday.<\/p>\n

Meister didn\u2019t immediately return a request for comment Tuesday. A spokesman for Cuomo, who by law can\u2019t coordinate with any super PACs supporting his mayoral run, didn\u2019t comment.<\/p>\n

The Defend NYC spend comes as Cuomo, who\u2019s trailing Mamdani by double digits in most polls, has been publicly trying to court Republican voters<\/a> who might otherwise back GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa.<\/p>\n

With Mamdani maintaining a firm grip on Democratic constituencies in the city, Cuomo likely needs at least some Republican support to have a path to victory.<\/p>\n

\"ZohranZohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Another new pro-Cuomo super PAC, Stop the Socialists, has also deployed ads recently that are similar in portraying Mamdani as a left-wing extremist who can only be stopped by the former governor.<\/p>\n

This past Friday, Stop the Socialists plunked down $500,000 to air a radio ad that alleges Mamdani\u2019s \u201csocialist agenda is driving up costs, crime and chaos and Curtis Sliwa can\u2019t stop him,\u201d according to disclosures filed by the super PAC.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery vote for Sliwa helps the socialists win, Republicans don\u2019t waste your vote, only Andrew Cuomo can beat Mamdani and protect our city\u2019s future,\u201d a voice-over says in the ad as dramatic music plays in the background.<\/p>\n

The same PAC spent another $500,000 last week for a digital ad that offers a similar pitch for Cuomo.<\/p>\n

\"FormerFormer Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a campaign press conference alongside Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. David Paterson at Rain Boston Road Senior Center Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 in the Bronx. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The ad, featuring dramatic footage of disorder in New York, has a voice-over saying Mamdani\u2019s \u201cchaos and radical politics\u201d would make things \u201cworse\u201d before acknowledging, \u201cI know he\u2019s not everyone\u2019s first choice, but there\u2019s only candidate strong enough to beat him: Andrew Cuomo. Republicans, don\u2019t waste your vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani, an assemblyman representing northwestern Queens,\u00a0 has centered his campaign on promises to raise taxes on the wealthy<\/a> to fund expanded social safety nets. Those promises have prompted anxiety among conservatives and local business communities, who fear Mamdani could cause an exodus of major companies from New York, among other issues.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s positions on Israel and the war in Gaza have also sparked accusations that his rhetoric is fueling antisemitism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A couple of anti-Zohran Mamdani super PACs are deploying increasingly Red-baiting ads about him in the final days…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":340980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[19042,5229,5297,13239,5340,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-340979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-2025-election","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-andrew-cuomo","11":"tag-city-hall","12":"tag-curtis-sliwa","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115458076044215828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}