The Andrew Cuomo Campaign Is All in on MAGA Influencers

With only 13 New York City’s mayoral election is days away, former governor Andrew Cuomo Partner with some of the same influencers who helped President Donald Trump won the White House last year.

last week, Right-wing manufacturers Like Logan Paul, former vlogger turned podcaster and WWE wrestler, and Emily Austin, an influencer and sports commentator, have published content featuring Cuomo as a guest on their show. The appearances mark a new investment by Cuomo’s team in gaining attention online as a way to compete against social media. The Democratic nominee is Zohran Mamdani. But instead of trying to shut down Mamdani’s online support, Cuomo appears to be trying to shut down support from GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa.

“It’s a desperate swing,” said one Democratic strategist who spoke to Wired on condition of anonymity to speak candidly without involving the firm where he works. “The apparent desire to align himself with power at any cost, wherever that power may be, is one of the reasons he’s been rejected so harshly online. It’s a misunderstanding of the moment.”

The decision to promote the Cuomo campaign comes after connecting himself online The new poll showed If GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa drops out, the race between Cuomo and Mamdani will be tougher. Cuomo, a registered Democrat, is running in the independent lane after failing to defeat Mamdani in the Democratic primary.

The Cuomo campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

“I’m sure his mentors are giving him advice like ‘you need traction online’ and they want to get it at any cost,” the strategist told Wired. “It’s the same kind of consultancy brain where they think they need to grow up and get attention without realizing that the attention Zohran is getting is not paid for. It’s coming from creators who believe in him and see his vision as their vision.”

Cuomo’s collaboration with conservative influencers comes days after the former governor’s campaign Pro-Israel creator Jack Sage Fox for running his “social media campaign” according to one Recent posts from Fox X according to Fox LinkedIn On the account, he is the CEO of Fat Camp Films, a company that describes itself as the “production arm for viral internet hubs”, including @fuckjerry and LADBible, two massive social media brands and Instagram accounts that aggregate viral content across the internet.

Fat Camp Films websiteThe company supported Fox’s work with Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 presidential campaign, which at the time flooded social media with pro-Bloomberg memes, becoming one of the first political campaigns to officially partner with the parent company of meme pages like Fuckjerry.