Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg praised New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and attacked independent mayoral candidate and former New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a recent CNN interview.
Buttigieg lauded Mamdani for already taking “steps that are not just about winning but about trying to bring people together.”
“I don’t live in New York, but I think he has the capacity to be a great mayor,” Buttigieg said.
The potential 2028 Democrat presidential contender went on to criticize Cuomo over his sexual harassment allegations and COVID-era nursing home scandal, saying he “disqualified himself in so many ways, including morally.”
