Information anchor Chris Cuomo coated his brother's crushing mayoral election loss stay on air — humiliatingly compelled to confess that his bro is just not what voters “need.”
The previous star CNN host had largely prevented overlaying the failed marketing campaign by his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — however was behind the desk at NewsNation when the race was referred to as for socialist Zohran Mamdani.
“In fact I needed my brother to win,” the anchor mentioned.
“I imagine in my brother. I feel he's an amazing operator inside authorities. However he's not what Democrats need proper now of their celebration,” he informed viewers.
“And Democrats win in New York Metropolis… I imply, that's the one-line evaluation is, the Democrat was gonna win in New York Metropolis,” he mentioned of the celebration that failed to select his brother, by far probably the most skilled candidate who ran.
“However the kind of Democrat and what they need, I do imagine, there's a metaphor right here as a response to MAGA, and that is what we'll see within the midterms,” he added.
On the time, Mamdani held a commanding 52% to 40% lead over Cuomo with simply 35% of the vote in.
The brand new mayor-elect would in the end cross the end line with 50.4 % to Cuomo's 41,6%, adopted by Republican Curtis Sliwa at 7.1%.
