This is not a joke, it is serious. Former New York congressman and registered sex offender Anthony Weiner, a liberal Democrat is being asked by friends and Wall Street executives, police unions, etc. to challenge Mayor Eric Adams and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in the June 2025 mayoral primary.
They feel Weiner could appeal to remaining white outerborough voters in Queens and Brooklyn and appeal to Latino and Asian voters, and take a sliver of Adams' base, blue collar Black men in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
“He has been encouraged to run for office by me and others … When politics is in your blood as it is in his, I don’t think you ever rule it out,” said Curtis Sliwa, who hosts “The Left Versus The Right” with Weiner on 77 WABC radio.
“To be the moderate Democrat, to be what this city needs now to take it back from AOC. He knows the moderate path to save the city.
“There’s always going to be misgivings lingering. That will never go away,” Sliwa said of Weiner’s sordid past. “He has to constantly speak out on the subject of his problems and how you can make amends for that. You can become an example. That’s the only way.”
https://nypost.com/2023/04/29/friends-urging-anthony-weiner-to-run-for-office/
