The Defeat of Andrew Cuomo Would Be a Devastating Loss for Scumbag Centrism

Any argument to vote for Andrew Cuomo on Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York is about as convincing as a briefing of the RFK Jr. vaccine but the worst reasoning to choose Cuomo on Mamdani is that the young assembly “would hurt the brand” of the anti-Trump democratic opposition and that “voters must play the long game”. In other words, yes, Cuomo may not be as daring or charismatic as Mamdani, but if Cuomo loses, a fundamentally centrist country will turn against the Democrats to elect such a radical. But the “long game” is loser, and it is remarkable to see how many times the Democratic Party needs to learn this lesson.

The Cuomo ranking is to reward a centrist inherited for his corruption and ignore his misogynistic personal life. Cuomo should be disqualified to argue a group of legislators from the democratic states lined up by the republicans known as independent democrats who blocked laws that would have helped workers. He should be disqualifying that as a governor, he has covered the number of deaths of nursing houses. He should be disqualifying that he is crediblely accused of harassing sexually at least 13 women. “Long game” means encouraging a candidate whose only principles are non -critical support for Israel’s genocide and the prosperity of billionaires (which, of course, will increase all boats).

The DEMS establishment being part of this case – from Bill Clinton to James Clyburn – will propagate not to become aware of the way in which Toxic Cuomo is as an individual and how much his political profile has become to voters, in particular at this time of acute crises and growing fascism. People want politicians who promise by program, not only rhetorical (followed by a text to ask for money), to oppose the right. (Why do I receive SMS to ask myself to help pay the debt of the DNC? How did it get my number?)

The “long game” has produced 50 years of political defeats and provides more. Our few victories since Nixon won 49 states in 1972 have been due to courageous social movements with roots in the 1960s and 70s. Everything else was an almost invisible change around the margins, a performative representation and a bipartite attack on workers who produced a level of wealth in the 10th 1% which is destabilizing and would have been unimaginable even 15 years ago, already felt apocalyptic. With the Democrats of Cuomo in charge or even as an opposition, we will have to prepare for the class of the trillionaire. Prepare for more closed communities, more private police officers and more vigilant violence on both sides.

I hope Zohran will win. Not because I think he will succeed in all his initiatives and not because I am naive enough to think that there will be no ugly of bipartite reaction. I hope he wins because it will be a statement on the attraction of his platform; It will be a statement against Trumpism and especially the Gestapo war of ice against immigrants; This will be a statement that the inhabitants of the city are current of violent cops of the mayor controlled by Trump Eric Adams against the peaceful demonstrators of inadmissible Palestinian rights; And it will be a statement that Trumpism requires a policy Answer and not a search for several million dollars for “the left Joe Rogan”.

Perhaps even more important, it will be a resounding statement that central democratic gerontocracy (CUOMO is 67 years old) which clings to power for decades is about as relevant – and about as pleasant to the ears – as an internet dial -up. But the Mamdani and not Cuomo classification is not only a vote against something. I find Mamdani’s agenda and the movement to elect Mamdani – which excites my most (naturally) cynical friends to vote not only, but also country – inspiring and optimistic at a time when the two emotions are rare. Without inspiration or optimism, the construction of the movement that could change this country for the best is impossible.

I do not do any prediction as to who will win or if, as mayor Mamdani, could execute its ambitious plan to make the city habitable for the working class (I swear it once), but I know that it will be a blow for the liberal centrists of Borish who refuse to let go – for a stamp like Cuomo. The disappearance of these Whigs cannot come early enough.