‘I’ll spend 8 years in Washington’: Andrew Cuomo outlines national fight against Trump | World News

Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor and current frontrunner in the city’s mayoral race, has said he will take on US President Donald Trump nationally if elected. In an interview with Politico, Cuomo said he would use his role as mayor to help Democrats win back the House of Representatives, especially opposing Trump’s proposed Medicaid cuts.
“If I become mayor, I would spend eight years in Washington go to that US Conference of Mayors, go to the National Governors Association,” Cuomo told Politico. “You’re going to have to be a spokesperson, advocate, organiser. This is what Medicaid means in Mississippi, this is what Medicaid means in Texas.”
Cuomo believes that Trump’s plan to cut Medicaid could hurt Republicans in swing dricts. “Medicaid is not a blue-city, blue-state situation. That is in every state. That is a lot of red Congressional dricts. And he could lose the House on cutting Medicaid if you organised it and got it moving,” he said.
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Despite not yet winning the election, Cuomo is already talking about how he would deal with a Republican adminration. He is reportedly under investigation the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for his handling of nursing home deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic. The probe is based on claims that he gave false testimony to Congress about his adminration’s report on the issue.
Cuomo called the investigation “purely political nonsense” and said he has not been contacted the Justice Department or received a subpoena. “My thing is, I don’t recall. There’s no incorrect statement in ‘I don’t recall’,” he said in the Politico interview.
He added that any Democratic mayor who opposes Trump could be targeted. “Assume any person who becomes mayor will be investigated. Just assume that. If they oppose Trump, he will investigate them for leverage,” Cuomo said.
Trump commented on the investigation, saying, “I’ve known Andrew. We’ve had an on-off relationship. He was saying the greatest things about me … and then the next day he’d hit us. But I hope it’s going to be okay, I hope it’s not going to be serious for him. We’ll see what happens.”Story continues below this ad
Cuomo also responded to criticism that Trump supporters have donated to a super PAC backing his campaign. “I don’t even know if they’re Trump donors,” he told Politico. “Bill Ackman donated to me before there was a Trump. These people I know before Trump. They’re not Trump donors, they’re Cuomo donors who maybe supported Trump.”
Though Cuomo says he is only focused on the mayoral race, his comments suggest he sees a chance to re-enter national politics. “What is Medicaid going to mean in Lawler’s drict?” he said, referring to a New York Republican. “But what is it going to mean nationally, is the way you really make a difference.”
Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 after a state report said he sexually harassed multiple women. He denied the findings but stepped down. Winning the mayor’s office could return him to the national stage.