On Monday’s episode of The View, disgraced former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo discussed the political strategy surrounding Zohran Mandami. He explained his theory that President Donald Trump actually wants Mamdani to win.
According to Cuomo, “He wants Mandami. Two reasons: One, going into the midterms, he will take a picture of Mandami running around the country and say, ‘Here’s what happened to the Democrats.’”
Cuomo added that Trump would use this to paint Democrats in a negative light, claiming, “They are now communists. They hate the police. They legalized prostitution, legalized drugs.” He went on to criticize Mandami’s lack of experience, noting, “Uh, they want to elect this, uh, Democrat, no experience whatsoever. Being Mayor of New York would be his first real job. Okay?”
Joy Behar chimed in, warning, “And that’ll send the national troops in because of the crime rate.”
Cuomo continued, saying that Trump’s second motive benefits himself directly: “Second move, it’s good for Donald Trump … because it’s the excuse he needs to take over New York. Which he said he will do. He said, ‘If they elect this person, then I, Donald Trump, am going to have to step in and take over New York—… to protect the good people of New York.’ That’s what’s gonna happen.”
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On paper, I’ll admit—the concept of allowing a far-left mayor to turn New York into an unmissable cautionary tale has a certain political appeal. Letting the city become a glaring example of what happens when radical, anti-police, pro-drug-legalization policies run wild could, in theory, be ammunition for a conservative resurgence nationwide. When the results are disastrous, the lesson should be obvious.
The problem? Reality doesn’t work that way.
We’ve already seen this play out in city after city—Portland, San Francisco, Chicago—where crime spikes, public disorder festers, residents flee, and businesses crumble. And yet, every election, voters march right back to the polls to reelect the very people who caused the mess. The lesson isn’t just ignored, it’s denied. Ideology trumps all, even the evidence rotting right on your doorstep.
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That’s why Cuomo’s theory doesn’t carry much weight. Sure, Mamdani would make a perfect villain in a national conservative ad campaign, a poster child for failed socialist governance. But the polls don’t lie—he’s leading, and even if it comes down to a two-way race between Mamdani and Cuomo himself, the odds favor the socialist.
That says everything about what New York has become.
It’s heartbreaking to watch. Once the beating heart of commerce, culture, and ambition, New York has been smothered by decades of left-wing control. The streets are dirtier, the subways less safe, the tax burden heavier—and yet radical candidates not only survive but thrive. The fact that someone like Mamdani is competitive in the first place is a chilling indicator that New York voters will never learn their lesson.
Why would they? The voters of San Francisco, Portland, and Chicago haven’t.
No matter how bad things get, there’s no acknowledgment of the destructive policies that led them there. No epiphany, no self-awareness. Nothing.
As much as I want to believe in the “let it burn” strategy is some grand strategy of a 4D chess match, the sobering truth is that the collapse is happening whether conservatives want it or not, and history tells us there’s little chance the fall will trigger the epiphany it should. The people who brought New York to the brink aren’t about to admit they were wrong—they’ll simply double down, reelect their champions of decay, and accuse anyone questioning them of “fearmongering” or worse.
And so, if Mamdani wins, it won’t be the wake-up call Cuomo thinks Trump could use. It will be yet another chapter in the long, depressing story of once-great cities swallowed whole by their own ideology, cheered on by voters who somehow, against all evidence, think they’re winning.
