Trump megadonor wants to run for New York mayor -- as a Democrat

[turbinetree]

By Josh Israel -January 15, 2021 1:36 PM

John Catsimatidis is the major funder of the Manhattan Republican Party, of which his daughter is the chair.

A billionaire megadonor to Donald Trump and the Republican Party said Thursday that he might run for mayor of New York City this year. But in order to win, he said, he may switch parties and run in the Democratic Party primary.

John Catsimatidis, a supermarket magnate, fossil fuel investor, and radio talk show host, told Politico that he might run for the Democratic mayoral nomination in the party's new ranked-choice primary.

Catsimatidis unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the same job in 2013.

"This is a Democratic city, and I was a Bill Clinton Democrat. I was a Democrat for a long time," he said. "I'm a middle-of-the-road guy. I can be a conservative Democrat, or I can be a liberal Republican."

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-megadonor-john-catsimatidis-mayor-democratic-primary-new-york-city/

Go away ..............

[Irish_Dem]

1. Oh Geesh. Trump refugees? nt

[liberal N proud]

2. Hope NY Democrats tell him to go shove it up trumps ass

[magicarpet]

3. eF off....

[RainCaster]

4. Both RINO & DINO

[catrose]

5. Don't you love Republicans who convert and want to start at the top of the party?

Nope. Blockwalk, write postcards, do phone banks--carry water for the real Dems until we see whether you're a real Dem.

[ornotna]

6. Niether RINO or DINO

He's SCUM.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. stick a dead animal on his head and. it is trump!

[choie]

8. What?

no fucking way.

[UpInArms]

9. Get away from me

You nasty piece of vomit

Just because you think that you can hug up next to us after supporting GARBAGE

Forget it

We do not want you as a face of our party in any way

[Renew Deal]

10. I don't see that working.

[former9thward]

12. It worked for Bloomberg

[Renew Deal]

13. Bloomberg was a Democrat that ran as a Republican

This guy is a republican that wants to win a Democratic primary.

[former9thward]

14. Oh please.

NYC politicians go back and forth depending on how think they can get on the general election ballot. Trump himself was a great example of that. He was a Democrat and funded many Democrats in their elections --including our new VP Harris when she was running for the Senate.

[dalton99a]

11. NO. Catsimatidis is a nasty autocratic asshole

I don't care how much he gave to Democrats

[Miguelito Loveless]

15. Two things:

1) Middle of the road drivers are an absolute menace to drivers going both directions.

2) He is "middle of the road" only if you consider the right lane, three interstates to the right, is the "middle of the road".

[electric_blue68]

16. Blarg! 🤬 (sez this NYC'r)