{"id":431970,"date":"2022-04-15T06:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T03:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/andrew-giuliani-rips-lee-zeldin-as-cuomo-clone-in-ugly-gop-ballot-battle\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T06:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T03:48:01","slug":"andrew-giuliani-rips-lee-zeldin-as-cuomo-clone-in-ugly-gop-ballot-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andrew-giuliani-rips-lee-zeldin-as-cuomo-clone-in-ugly-gop-ballot-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"#Andrew Giuliani rips Lee Zeldin as Cuomo clone in ugly GOP ballot battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22a86966f19\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22a86966f19\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andrew-giuliani-rips-lee-zeldin-as-cuomo-clone-in-ugly-gop-ballot-battle\/#%E2%80%9CAndrew_Giuliani_rips_Lee_Zeldin_as_Cuomo_clone_in_ugly_GOP_ballot_battle%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Andrew Giuliani rips Lee Zeldin as Cuomo clone in ugly GOP ballot battle&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAndrew_Giuliani_rips_Lee_Zeldin_as_Cuomo_clone_in_ugly_GOP_ballot_battle%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Andrew Giuliani rips Lee Zeldin as Cuomo clone in ugly GOP ballot battle&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Republican gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Giuliani ripped into rival Lee Zeldin as a clone of disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo after accusing the Zeldin camp of leading an effort to have him knocked off the primary ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who served as a White House aide to former President Donald Trump, filed 24,579 signatures to qualify for ballot status.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen thousand\u00a0valid signatures from registered Republicans are needed to earn a spot on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>But specific\u00a0objections were filed Thursday with the state Board of Elections against at least 8,776 signatures collected by Giuliani.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Lee Zeldin thought Andrew Cuomo would be a good president. Now he\u2019s playing the Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> at the Board of Elections,\u201d Giuliani said Thursday night. \u201cLee Zeldin loves Andrew Cuomo. Now he\u2019s\u00a0acting like him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani was referring to a glowing comment Zeldin made about Cuomo \u2014 captured on videotape \u2014 when Zeldin was a state senator in 2011. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-055.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin\" class=\"wp-image-21912679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-055.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-055.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-055.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Andrew Giuliani claims U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin is another version of disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Minchillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would honestly say that if you were in the White House right now, our nation would be in a better place today than it is,\u201d Zeldin said of Cuomo at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo has become the GOP\u2019s bogeyman after the three-term Democratic governor resigned under the threat of impeachment last August following a state attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>\u2019s investigative report substantiated accusations that he harassed or mistreated multiple women.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Giuliani also claimed that John Haggerty, a GOP operative who was convicted of stealing $750,000 of\u00a0 Mike Bloomberg\u2019s money during Bloomberg\u2019s 2009 re-election campaign, is helping Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese actions make\u00a0Zeldin unqualified to be governor,\u201d Giuliani fumed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-053.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Bloomberg\" class=\"wp-image-21912677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-053.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-053.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-053.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-053.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>John Haggerty was convicted of defrauding Former Mayor Bloomberg in connection to his 2009 mayoral campaign.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steven Hirsch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-058.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Businessman Harry Wilson\" class=\"wp-image-21912681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-058.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-058.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-058.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Businessman Harry Wilson speaks to reporters at the 2022 NYGOP Convention, Mar. 1, 2022, in Garden City, N.Y.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Minchillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>General objections were also filed against two other candidates seeking the GOP nomination \u2014 former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the 2014 GOP nominee for governor and businessman Harry Wilson, the 2010 Republican candidate for state comptroller.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s an indication that specific\u00a0challenges may be filed against their petitions as well.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson collected 36,000 signatures and Astorino more than 20,000.<\/p>\n<p>The state Republican Party designated Zeldin, a congressman from Long Island, as its presumptive designee and therefore he did not have to collect voter signatures to get on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Like Giuliani, both Astorino and Wilson said Zeldin is trying to stifle competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t do coronations in NY. Nearly 90,000 rank\/file Republicans signed petitions for other candidates. For@leezeldin\u00a0\u00a0to try &amp;disqualify their voice using political\/legal threats is Cuomo-style gutter tactics. No surprise considering Lee served 4yrs in Albany as top Cuomo ally,\u201d Astorino said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobAstorino\/status\/1514664230078799879\">statement posted <\/a>on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-054.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gov. Andrew Cuomo\" class=\"wp-image-21912678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-054.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-054.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-054.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo has become the GOP\u2019s bogeyman after he resigned.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Richard Drew<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-052.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\" Andrew Giuliani\" class=\"wp-image-21912676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-052.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-052.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/giuliani-zeldin-052.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption> Andrew and Rudy Giuliani.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarryWilsonNY\/status\/1514644651143311371\">Wilson tweeted<\/a>, \u201c@leezeldin\u00a0 is telling 80,000 NY Republicans demanding a primary that 300 insiders who picked him know better. We knew this was coming. Why is Lee so afraid of a primary? Because he is `the most broadly rejected designee\u2019 in NY GOP history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin\u2019s campaign declined requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The state Republican Party leadership, which is backing Zeldin, said it\u2019s not filing any objections against the other candidates and referred the Post to the Zeldin campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polls show Zeldin in the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will face off against the Democratic nominee. Sitting Gov. Kathy Hochul is considered the front-runner in polls as she faces off against city Public Advocate Jumaane Wiliams and Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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