Zohran Mamdani: “I think he'd be too busy cashing checks from his donors and…”

“To those who are endorsing him from. Washington, do you think it adequately makes the case that Andrew Cuomo would not be capable of standing up to President Trump? Yes, I think he'd be too busy cashing checks from his donors and picking up the phone from the president himself. Lastly, do you think that he's weighing in on this at all in terms of withholding funds to New York City? Does the president have the constitutional authority to do that?” (00:55–01:00)

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