Democrats are starting to toss around the name of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a potential dark horse candidate for the 2028 presidential campaign.
Cuomo is days away from an expected announcement to campaign for mayor of New York City, but Democrats who are looking at Cuomo say that his brash style could position him as a candidate who could stand up against President Donald Trump’s second-term actions, reports The Hill.
Cuomo and Trump often clashed in the spring of 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Democrat strategist Jamal Simmons said that if the former governor becomes the mayor of New York, he could once again be a chief antagonist against Trump starting in 2026 — about the midway point in Trump’s second term in office.
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