New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani fundraised off a brand new marketing campaign video from former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the 2 are set to battle within the normal election later this 12 months.
“Solely 13 % of New Yorkers voted within the June main. The final election is in November, and I’m in it to win it. My opponent, Mr. Mamdani, affords slick slogans, however no actual options,” Cuomo mentioned in a marketing campaign video, which was posted Monday on the social platform X.
In response to the earlier campaign video Cuomo posted on X, Mamdani posted a hyperlink to donate cash to his campaign. Mamdani’s response had earned 95,000 likes by later Monday evening, with Cuomo’s unique video at 2,900 likes.
Mamdani’s latest win within the Democratic main shocked the political world, with a largely beforehand unknown democratic socialist taking down Cuomo, a notable political heavyweight.
Cuomo has formally introduced he’s operating as an impartial within the Large Apple’s mayoral race later this year.
Cuomo joins Mamdani, Mayor Eric Adams, who can be operating as an impartial, and Republican Curtis Sliwa within the normal election race.
Former Obama staffer Dan Pfeiffer, additionally a co-host of the “Pod Save America” podcast, slammed Cuomo’s Monday advert by saying there was “no charisma” in it.
“This is without doubt one of the least compelling marketing campaign movies that I’ve ever seen. No message. No charisma. No compelling visuals,” Pfeiffer mentioned in a publish on X in response to the Cuomo video.
“Only a visibly aggravated man carrying an ill-fitting shirt saying issues he clearly doesn’t imagine,” he added.
When reached for remark about Pfeiffer’s remarks earlier Monday, Cuomo spokesperson Wealthy Azzopardi instructed The Hill that “If we upset the pod guys, we have to be heading in the right direction.”
The Hill has reached out to a spokesperson for Cuomo for additional touch upon Mamdani’s publish.