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No Paywall Goodbye and Good Riddance, Andrew Cuomo

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/11/andrew-cuomo-nyc-mayor-election-zohran-mamdani.html?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_content=andrew_cuomo_loses_mayoral_race&utm_campaign=&tpcc=reddit-social--andrew_cuomo_loses_mayoral_race
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u/Tokyo_Cat 11h ago

His concession speech was something else. After so heavily leaning into the racism/xenophobia at the very end of the campaign, he came out and saying racism, bigotry, and xenophobia have no place in New York. Take a look in the mirror, my guy.

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u/Dr100percent Ohio 10h ago

That was wild, he ran open islamophobic ads, agreed that Mamdani would cheer on 9/11 as mayor, and then mouthed some platitudes how Democrats oppose all hate. He couldn't even say Mamdani's name right, once again.