Andrew Cuomo predicts Republican victory across New York if Mamdani wins

Former New York Gov Andrew Cuomo warned Monday that Republicans could sweep future state races if Democratic rival Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race in November While making his situation Cuomo was required on CNBC s Squawk Box whether he was considered President Donald Trump s choice referencing reports that Trump advisors discussed offering campaign rival Eric Adams a cabinet position to boost Cuomo s chances Cuomo denied the idea claiming Republicans would be thrilled to see Mamdani win the voting and use it to their advantage in ANDREW CUOMO TALKS REMATCH WITH MAMDANI SAYS SOCIALIST'S POLICIES WILL CAUSE 'DEATH' OF NYC That s ludicrous right If you re a Republican you are praying for Mamdani to win Cuomo declared If Mamdani wins they can use that against the Democrats all across the country Mamdani wins they ll say the Democratic Party has been taken over by socialists And here s the position of the socialists They re against business They would raise taxes Everything is free Disband the police legalize prostitution abolish jails He continued They would win all sorts of seats here in New York with that I believe they d pick up congressional seats They might pick up the governorship Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani s campaign for comment A self-described democratic socialist Mamdani has championed several progressive proposals in his campaign including city-run grocery stores and free residents transit However Mamdani claimed Sunday that he has since evolved past chosen progressive ideas he s pushed in old tweets such as calls to defund the police He recounted CBS New York chief political correspondent Marcia Kramer that those ideas were out of step with the campaign that he s running MAMDANI CONFRONTED ON FAILED CITY-RUN GROCERY STORE ATTEMPT IN KANSAS CITY PROPOSES HIS PLAN WILL WORK My answer is that a large number of of my opponents chiefly Andrew Cuomo would prefer to debate a mythical version of myself rather than the person I genuinely am Mamdani explained They would prefer to focus on tweets from instead of the platform of They do that because they know our ideas are popular and what we are putting forward responds to New Yorkers demands in options that go beyond the failed policies they ve heard from these old politicians CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThough Cuomo cast himself as the only candidate who could beat Mamdani head-to-head an August Siena College poll exposed him trailing by points