{"id":2506218,"date":"2025-11-03T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-follows-trumps-lead-with-eleventh-hour-cuomo-endorsement\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:31:46","slug":"musk-follows-trumps-lead-with-eleventh-hour-cuomo-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-follows-trumps-lead-with-eleventh-hour-cuomo-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk follows Trump&#8217;s lead with eleventh-hour Cuomo endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-follows-trumps-lead-with-eleventh-hour-cuomo-endorsement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2506218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk has endorsed former new York Governor Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s campaign for New York City mayor in an effort to prevent socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani from winning. Mamdani is currently leading in the polls, with Cuomo as his main challenger adn Republican Curtis Sliwa trailing behind. Many moderates and Republicans are backing Cuomo, who is running on an independent line, to block Mamdani&#8217;s path to City Hall. Musk urged voters to support Cuomo,dismissing a vote for Sliwa as effectively supporting Mamdani. This endorsement follows a similar,cautious endorsement from former President Donald Trump,who expressed a preference for cuomo over Mamdani,whom he labeled a communist. New York City Mayor Eric Adams also gave a last-minute endorsement to Cuomo. Cuomo&#8217;s campaign has gained momentum since Adams exited the race, and recent polls show Cuomo narrowing the gap with Mamdani ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">upcoming election<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk follows Trump&rsquo;s lead with eleventh-hour Cuomo endorsement<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2256908\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> became the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >latest prominent figure<\/a> to endorse former Gov.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andrew-cuomo\/\"> Andrew Cuomo<\/a>&rsquo;s New York City mayoral campaign on Monday, in a bid to keep socialist rival Zohran Mamdani from winning the election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani is leading in the polls ahead of the Tuesday election, with Cuomo seen as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-terrorists-issue-death-threat-on-american-reformer-as-biden-admin-seeks-closer-ties\/\" title=\"Palestinian Terrorists Issue Death Threat on American Reformer as Biden Admin Seeks Closer Ties\">leading challenger<\/a>, followed by Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. A host of moderates and Republicans have issued endorsements to Cuomo, a Democrat running on an independent line, in hopes of keeping Mamdani out of City Hall, since Sliwa is seen as having little chance of winning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3873057\/lisa-demuth-republican-challenger-minnesota-governor-would-definitely-welcome-trump-endorsement\/\">Republican challenger to Walz &#8216;would definitely welcome&#8217; Trump endorsement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3872185\/abigail-spanberger-hopes-crush-winsome-earle-sears-virginia-race-extraordinary-message\/\">Spanberger wants to &#8216;crush&#8217; Virginia race, sending &#8216;an extraordinary message to the rest of the country&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3872534\/trump-election-eve-push-gop-new-jersey-virginia\/\">Trump makes election eve push for GOP in New Jersey and Virginia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk added his voice to the fray hours before in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-see-hints-of-an-early-voting-edge-over-democrats-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republicans see hints of an early voting edge over Democrats - Washington Examiner\">-person voting started<\/a>, with the X owner telling residents to &ldquo;bear in mind that a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember to vote tomorrow in New York!&rdquo; Musk said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1985433270507749664\">in a post to X<\/a>, adding: &ldquo;VOTE CUOMO!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember to vote tomorrow in New York!<\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind that a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is.<\/p>\n<p>VOTE CUOMO!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1985433270507749664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s move follows President Donald Trump&rsquo;s lukewarm endorsement of Cuomo in a CBS interview that aired Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other, but if it&rsquo;s gonna be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I&rsquo;m gonna pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you,&rdquo; Trump said in remarks that reiterated suggestions he would pull federal funding from the city if Mamdani is elected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because if you have a communist running New York, all you&rsquo;re doing is wasting the money you&rsquo;re sending there,&rdquo; the president said.&nbsp; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CBS: &ldquo;Zohran Mamdani, Democratic socialist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: &ldquo;Not socialist, communist. He&#8217;s far worse than a socialist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CBS: &ldquo;People have compared him to a left wing version of you.&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: &ldquo;I think I&#8217;m a much better looking person, right?&rdquo; &#129315;&#129315;<br \/> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eXb9Ml9BmS\">pic.twitter.com\/eXb9Ml9BmS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1985111588945477793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams has also issued a last-minute endorsement to Cuomo after running against him in the Democratic primary earlier this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Am I angry that I&rsquo;m not the one taking down Zohran, the socialist and the communist?&rdquo; Adams said late last month.&nbsp;&ldquo;You&rsquo;re darn right I am. But, you know what, the city means more to me than anything, and it is time for us as a family to come together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3868624\/cuomo-trump-take-over-new-york-city-mamdani\/\"><strong>CUOMO WARNS TRUMP WILL &lsquo;TAKE OVER NEW YORK CITY&rsquo; IF MAMDANI ELECTED MAYOR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since Adams dropped out of the race, Cuomo&rsquo;s campaign has gained some traction as he picks up support from moderates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The latest polling shows Cuomo is now<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3871754\/cuomo-gap-mamdani-race-poll\/\"> within single digits <\/a>of winning the race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk echoes Trump, endorses Cuomo to block Mamdani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2506219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25267656631512.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3714,13348,4250,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2506218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cuomo","tag-endorsement","tag-musk","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25267656631512.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506222,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506218\/revisions\/2506222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}