NYC Republican Curtis Sliwa Rage Quits Radio Gig After Brawl
By: Zachary Leeman (Mediaite)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa quit his WABC radio gig on air on Wednesday after pleas from colleagues to drop his long-shot campaign.
"You will never see me in the studio of WABC ever again," Sliwa told host Sid Rosenberg.
Rosenberg and WABC owner John Catsimatidis both argued Sliwa should drop his campaign to give former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a better shot at taking down Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani earlier this week. Mamdani is leading by double digits in most polls, and Sliwa regularly polls third behind Cuomo.
"I think you're losing sight of who you're running against," Rosenberg told Sliwa.
The radio host accused Sliwa of being too focused on Cuomo, while Sliwa accused his employer of turning into the "Always Broadcasting Cuomo" station.
Sliwa blasted his colleagues for calling his campaign "lazy" and "selfish."
"I'm waiting for the apologies from my former friends and colleagues at WABC who said that I'm running a lazy campaign and that I'm selfish," he said. "That's why you will never see me there again."
Sliwa has been off the air during his mayoral campaign.
"You're gonna lose and you're gonna lose badly," Rosenberg told his colleague.
Sliwa, Mamdani, and are set for their second and final campaign debate on Wednesday evening.
"I feel personal, personally offended by what my friends and colleagues, many of whom I trained this ABC, many of whom wouldn't have a job at ABC without me, have done," Sliwa said.
The Republican and Guardian Angels founder also claimed his life could be at risk and he's had to hire private security.
"If anything happens to me or anything happens to my wife, because of this frenzy that I hear constantly coming from some of your colleagues there at WABC, it's on you guys and you gals," he said. "My life is on the line here."
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Zachary Leeman covered pop culture and politics at outlets such as Breitbart, LifeZette, BizPac Review, HollywoodinToto, and others. He is the author of the novel Nigh. He joined Mediaite in 2022.
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Oh, the humanity !
That sounds like a good thing!
It will be interesting to see how all this egotistical backstabbing plays out in the actual vote count.
The communist terrorist sympathizer will win.
I didn't think Trump was running.
He will definitely win if Sliwa doesn't drop out of the race. Even Mayor Adams is going to endorse Cuomo. If Sliwa really loves NY, he needs to bow out.
Trump is busy "Pooing his pants", according to my "sauce", Ghouliani and JD "No Pants"!
Fugazi them!
Sean, who are the COMMUNIST sympathizers you reference?
"Dirty Diaper Donnie" and his gaggle of deadheads? A communist sympathizer is a tired diatribe.
Sliwa is at about 20% in a three person race. He thinks he can win.
Good luck with that, Goof Ball!
It's "TIME TO KICK SOME ARSES", Brother John. The MAGA REGIME of "CRAZIES & CORRUPTION" must be crushed!
We're trying.
Are you back?
Yep, I am "Back & Front"! All hands on deck!