New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his former political opponent, Republican Curtis Sliwa, sat side by side on Friday as they each received their annual flu shots.
The two 2025 New York mayoral candidates held hands for a public health-related photo-op on Friday, about one year after they faced off in debates and on the ballot. When Sliwa joked with the doctor giving the flu shots that the result could be “embarrassing,” adding “I’m supposed to be a tough guy,” Mamdani offered to hold the Republican’s hand.
“What happens if I faint?” Sliwa asked Mamdani.
“I got you,” Mamdani responded.
Sliwa made several jokes throughout the press opportunity, as Mamdani and the Republican politician encouraged New Yorkers to get their flu shots during flu season.
“You know he got more votes than me, he’s more popular than me,” Sliwa said, per ABC7. “But you don’t have bigger muscles!”
Sliwa, the founder of a nonprofit crime-fighting group called the Guardian Angels, also poked fun at how many times he has personally survived being shot by bullets, which, per the outlet, happened five times in the span of just one month in 1992.
“I know about getting shot,” Sliwa said.
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Mamdani, a socialist, defeated both Sliwa and embattled former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to win his ticket to Gracie Mansion in 2025.
Mamdani received 50.8% of the vote, while Cuomo garnered 41.3, and Sliwa garnered 7%.
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
