Inside the campaign to find a new Republican to run against Mamdani -- and why it could be Mayor Adams

[no_hypocrisy]

https://nypost.com/2025/06/26/business/inside-the-campaign-to-find-a-new-republican-to-run-against-mamdani/

Prominent donors are gunning to get Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa a job in the Trump Administration in hopes of pushing him out of New York City’s mayoral race, sources told me. The aim is to open up the GOP nomination — and the nearly 30% of the vote someone running in that lane is expected to get — for current mayor Eric Adams.

At present, the mayor is running for re-election as an independent — sandwiched in between Sliwa on the right and Zohran Mamdani on the (ultra-far) left. My sources said Adams, who recently struck a deal with the Trump Administration to clear himself of charges leveled by the DOJ, is open to running as a Republican, but it hinges on a rather complicated chain of events.

Sliwa would have to leave the state to open up the slot, and then Republican borough leaders would need to anoint Adams.

It is unclear what kind of job could woo Sliwa to Washington. As of now, my sources said he remains hell bent on staying in the race even if it means spoiling it for Adams and ushering in a socialist. (Adams and Sliwa did not respond to requests for comment.)

[Silent Type]

1. Christ. It's not like elections haven't been manipulated since forever, but this is too far.

Thing is, it’s probably legal, though immoral, unethical, disgusting, and worse.

[Wiz Imp]

2. Why would anyone expect the Republican nominee to get 30% of the vote?

Only about 11% of registered voters in New York City are registered as Republicans. 65% are registered as Democrats and 21% as Independents.

[Lucky Luciano]

3. They may be able to get some of the Democratically registered Jewish vote.

A lot of Jewish liberals that I know hate his lowness, but are nevertheless very distressed by Mamdani with his “globalize the intifada” sympathies.

[choie]

5. Mamdani has only been the nominee for all of two days.

He’ll address the concerns that Jewish Democrats have. Hopefully some will even listen and be open to what he says.

[3Hotdogs]

4. For an evening hoot, Youtube Sliwa's 2024 campaign kick-off where he burned his hand, trying to

ignite a fire onto a Covid mask. He ends up putting his hot hand in a bucket of water that was on site for which to extinguish the flaming mask.