Some appear to think that the unthinkable could happen in November: former President Donald Trump could win New York.
That’s at least the opinion of the state’s former governor, George Pataki, who recently expressed his deep concern that things have gone off the rails for the Democratic Party as its standard-bearer, 81-year-old President Joe Biden, careens from PR disaster to PR disaster.
Most recently, the commander-in-chief referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump” at a high-stakes press conference and introduced Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President Putin” at this week’s NATO summit, as previously relayed by The Dallas Express.
With the swelling chorus of voices in the Democratic Party calling on Biden to step aside, voters in the traditionally Democratic stronghold may be increasingly open to considering Trump as a cogent option.
Here’s some of what Fox News reported on Pataki’s comments:
Former New York Gov. George Pataki argued the Empire State is up for grabs this November, warning Democratic voters are coming to terms with the fact that Biden is “screwing up royally” as he flounders in the polls.
Pataki joined “Fox & Friends” to explain why he believes New York could be considered a swing state this election cycle, as Democrats are reportedly concerned behind the scenes that Biden doesn’t have what it takes to win, or serve, a second term.
“It’s [been] a long time since anybody asked me if New York is a battleground state, but this year I’m getting asked that a lot, and I think it’s because it is,” Pataki said. “And for that to happen, you need a number of different things. First is you need Democratic voters, a million Democratic voters, to look at their party, look at their candidates, and say, ‘We’re screwing up royally,’ and you have that. You have the chaos at the top of the Democratic ticket.”
“You have inflation, you have the migrant crisis in New York City and now in the suburbs, and it’s leading a lot of Democrats to say, ‘Hey, wait a second, maybe my party has let me down, and I… should try something different,’” he continued.