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Tech billionaire Elon Musk<\/strong> has thrown his support behind former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/strong> in the 2025 New York City mayoral election<\/strong>, calling on voters to back Cuomo over socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRemember to vote Tuesday in New York!\u201d Musk posted on X<\/strong> Monday. \u201cBear in mind that a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is \u2026 VOTE CUOMO!\u201d he wrote, suggesting that supporting Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa<\/strong> would indirectly benefit Mamdani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk\u2019s endorsement comes days before voters head to the polls, adding another high-profile voice to the heated and highly polarized race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In previous remarks on \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience,\u201d<\/strong> Musk described Mamdani as a \u201ccharismatic swindler,\u201d warning that his economic policies would lead to a \u201cmajor decline in living standards\u201d across the city. \u201cYou gotta hand it to him\u2014he can light up a stage,\u201d Musk said, \u201cbut he has just been a swindler his entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tesla<\/strong> and SpaceX<\/strong> CEO acknowledged that Mamdani remains the frontrunner<\/strong>, but argued that his proposed agenda could undermine New York\u2019s economy and quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other technology leaders have also opposed Mamdani\u2019s candidacy, with some reportedly investing millions in independent expenditures to counter his campaign\u2019s momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Sunday, President Donald Trump<\/strong> echoed similar sentiments in an interview with CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d<\/strong> saying he would hesitate to allocate \u201ca lot of money to New York\u201d if Mamdani were elected. \u201cIf you have a communist running New York,\u201d Trump said, \u201cyou\u2019re just wasting the money you\u2019re sending there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n While Trump said he is \u201cnot a fan of Cuomo one way or another,\u201d he added that \u201cbetween a bad Democrat and a communist, I\u2019m going to pick the bad Democrat every time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TECH BILLIONAIRE CALLS MAMDANI A \u201cCHARISMATIC SWINDLER\u201d AND URGES VOTERS TO BACK CUOMO Tech billionaire Elon Musk has thrown his support behind former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the 2025 New York City mayoral election, calling on voters to back Cuomo over socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. \u201cRemember to vote Tuesday in New York!\u201d Musk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[177,56],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-elon-musk"],"yoast_head":"\n