Trump’s Crooked Attempt to Get Andrew Cuomo Elected Should Be Illegal

The two center-left democrats and President Trump seem to be wary by Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York. But their motivations are different, explains Monica Potts de TNR. In the last edition of Right now with Perry BaconPotts argues that Trump sees former governor Andrew Cuomo, the main opponent of Mamdani, like a potential political ally if Cuomo is elected mayor. Meanwhile, the centrist democrats, according to Potts, fear that Mamdani wins, is a competent leader of the city and show that progressive policy is not something to be feared, strengthening the left wing of the party. Potts and Grace Segers, another TNR writer, also discuss the Secretary of Health and Social Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Recent appearance on Capitol HillTrump’s potential deployment of the National Guard in larger cities and if the NFL is one of the few elements of the “mass culture” remaining in America. You can watch this episode here.