NYC Democratic mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, (left) continued his citywide anti-Trump tour in the Bronx on Thursday. (Getty Images)
But Democrats have been quick to claim that Trump's megabill handed tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting benefits to the most vulnerable – a key Democratic message ahead of competitive midterm elections expected in 2026.
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While Republicans argue the bill only cuts waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), about 10 million more people will be uninsured by 2034 due to Trump's mega-bill.
As national Democrats slam Trump's tax breaks, Mamdani has criticized Cuomo's own record as governor, which includes offering $3 billion in tax breaks for the failed Amazon HQ2 deal in Queens, expanding $420 million-a-year film industry credits and launching "Tax-Free NY" zones to give businesses 10 years without state taxes.
President Donald Trump holds a rally in the historically Democratic South Bronx on May 23, 2024, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The focus on deep blue New York City was seen as politically unusual for a Republican candidate, but Trump spent weeks in New York City for his criminal trial and often used the Big Apple as his own personal campaign trail.
During the rally, Trump vowed to "turn New York City around," promising to make the city "bigger, better and greater than ever before."
The Republican candidate also spoke with voters at Knockout Barbershop in the Bronx, taking questions from locals grappling with economic hardship.
Trump spoke to voters at Knockout Barbershop in the Bronx. (Fox & Friends)
"We see far too many parallels between Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo, far too many stories that make clear that both administrations have been characterized by corruption, by a sense of impunity, by an inability of an executive to understand that no means no, a prioritization of the interests of billionaires over working people, and an agenda that is driven by little else beyond the retention and accumulation of power," Mamdani said on Monday in Manhattan.
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The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's comment request, but said on Monday, ahead of Mamdani's first anti-Trump event, "The American people have repeatedly rejected this Communist agenda and the more Mamdani shares his radical policies, the more the American people will recoil."
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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