Trump dismisses Sliwa as cat-loving lightweight in NYC mayor race
“I’m a Republican, but Curtis is not exactly primetime,” Trump said on the Fox & Friends show. “He wants cats in Gracie Mansion… We don’t need to have thousands of cats.”
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President Trump Friday dismissed Republican Curtis Sliwa as a cat-loving lightweight who has little chance of winning the New York City mayor’s race against Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.
Riffing on Sliwa’s well-known penchant for felines, Trump said the GOP standard-bearer does not have the gravitas to beat Mamdani in deep-blue New York.
“I’m a Republican, but Curtis is not exactly primetime,” Trump said on the Fox & Friends show . “He wants cats in Gracie Mansion… We don’t need to have thousands of cats.”
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New York City’s Republican mayoral candidate, Curtis Sliwa, tried to bring a furry friend to his polling place on Tuesday — one of his many pet cats.
Sliwa, who lost the race to Democrat Eric Adams, showed up at his Manhattan voting site with the animal cradled in his arms. It is one of the more than a dozen rescue cats he lives with at his studio apartment. But he was told the cat had to stay outside.
President Trump Friday dismissed Republican Curtis Sliwa as a cat-loving lightweight who has little chance of winning the New York City mayor’s race against Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.
“I’m a Republican, but Curtis is not exactly primetime,” Trump said on the Fox & Friends show.
“He wants cats in Gracie Mansion… We don’t need to have thousands of cats.”
"Thousands"???
Yes thousands!
You know the old saying:
A little pussy never hurt anyone! 🤓
Oh how could I forget-- there's always the "Pussycat-lovers vote". What if these folks turn out in large numbers?
Trump is desperate to get it down to a Mamdani - Cuomo race. If there was a realistic chance Sliwa could win Trump would be all for him.
Exactly!
BTW, IIRC, Republican Sliwa is a perennial candidate, runs for office every time there's an election. Always loses.
(Of course there's a reason for that: NYC is a heavily Democratic city-- Republicans rarely win city-wide races).
Remember John Lindsey? Republican who was elected mayor of NYC!
I don’t remember all the details but IIRC the Democrats put up a really weak candidate that year.
In addition Lindsey was a very liberal Republican.
Almost forgot: eventually Lindsey changed his party affiliation and actually became a Democrat,
Mamdani may be a little too far left even for NYC. (My guess is that he will be moderating his views just a bit).