Cuomo PAC Doctored Photos to Attack NYC Mayoral Competitor

Doctored Mailer Against Zohran Mamdani

• 🎯 A super PAC supporting Andrew Cuomo has released a mailer featuring a doctored photo of his mayoral primary competitor, Zohran Mamdani.
• 🎨 The photo of Mamdani had his skin darkened and features blurred, with his beard appearing longer, to make him look more menacing.
• ✉️ This mailer is part of an attack campaign by the "Fix The City Inc." PAC, which is funded by DoorDash.

False Accusations in Mailer

• 🗣️ The mailer falsely claims Mamdani "rejects the police," "rejects capitalism," and "rejects Israel" due to his support for the BDS movement.
• ✡️ It also alleges that Mamdani "rejects Jewish rights" and "refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish state."
• 🤥 These claims are described as massive lies about Mamdani's actual positions.

Political Strategy and Polling

• 📉 The attack is seen as a sign of panic from the Cuomo campaign, especially as polling data shows Mamdani gaining and potentially winning in a ranked-choice voting simulation.
• 🏃 Andrew Cuomo is described as running scared from the "insurgent progressive" Mamdani.
• 🇺🇸 The tactic of using doctored photos and identity-based attacks is compared to tactics often used by Republicans, but here employed by Cuomo, who is characterized as "basically a Republican."

Voter Perception and Campaign Tactics

• 🧠 The campaign's strategy relies on the belief that voters will be swayed by manipulated imagery and hateful rhetoric, essentially calling voters racist and bigoted.
• 💡 The response to such tactics should be to question whether voters will accept this assessment of them or vote based on the campaign's divisive messaging.
• ⏳ With limited time remaining before the election, further attacks are expected from the Cuomo campaign and its PACs.