Andrew Cuomo criticizes Zahran Mamdani during New York City mayor debate — and says Trump will knock him over ‘tokos’

President Trump It will knock The most likely Democratic candidate, Zahran Mamdani His challenger, Andrew Cuomo, said during Wednesday night’s debate that he would have to “tocos” if he became the Big Apple’s next mayor.

“He thinks he’s a kid and he’s going to punch him in the stomach,” Cuomo said after being asked how he plans to work with Trump. “It’s a balance, but you have to be aggressive when you need to be, but you want to cooperate to get good things done in this city, and you need federal help.”

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Mamdani responded by saying Cuomo is “Donald Trump’s puppet.”

You can turn on the television any day of the week, and you will hear Donald Trump say that his choice for mayor is Andrew Cuomo, and that he wants Andrew Cuomo to be mayor“Not because it would be good for New Yorkers, but because it would be good for them,” Mamdani said.

Have funThe Republican said that no one can “defeat Trump,” stressing that he “holds most of the cards.”

“My opponents have decided to clash with President Trump to prove who is more manly. It is always the art of dealing with him,” Saliwa said, stressing that his opponents need to show “respect” to the president.