"Within the Democratic Party, there is a faction that is a socialist faction, and there has been for years, and that socialist faction has been growing and getting stronger, Cuomo told reporters during an unrelated Manhattan news conference on Tuesday. And this is really, in this election, a contest between the Democratic Party and the socialist faction within the Democratic Party."
"Might some politicians be afraid of the socialists in their backyard and/or in their district, and therefore want to be on the side of socialists? Yes, Cuomo said. That's their political decision. But I'm a Democrat. The former governor also cited other centrist Democrats including U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Queens/Long Island) who have announced they would not be endorsing Mamdani. You also have Democrats saying the exact opposite, right? Cuomo said. You have Democrats saying, I would never endorse him, he's a socialist."
Andrew Cuomo attributes endorsements by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie of Zohran Mamdani to a growing socialist faction within the Democratic Party. Cuomo, running as an independent after losing the primary to Mamdani, frames the contest as between the Democratic Party and its socialist faction. Hochul and Heastie do not identify as socialists, yet their endorsements are portrayed as driven by fear of political retribution from the left. Some centrist Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, have declined to endorse Mamdani. Reporting notes that Heastie's endorsement was expected while spokespeople had not confirmed.
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