Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., despite previously referring to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a liar over his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, backed him Wednesday in the heated New York City mayoral race, calling him the “lesser of two evils.”
“In this instance, between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo? It’s not even close,” Lawler told 77 WABC’s “Sid & Friends” program Wednesday morning, adding that Cuomo has a better chance of defeating self-proclaimed democratic socialist Mamdani than the Republican challenger Curtis Sliwa.
Lawler’s 17th Congressional District borders New York City, and in recent years he called Cuomo a “lying sack of s**t” over his pandemic nursing home policies, The New York Post reported.
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