"Curtis Sliwa never dropped out of anything in his life, Sliwa told the Wall Street Journal, the Rupert Murdoch-owned, rightwing newspaper that has made it pretty clear it wants Cuomo to triumph, last week. Asked by others if he will exit the race, Sliwa has offered more visceral rebuttals. A Mack truck hits me and I get turned into a speed bump, and they can't recover me in the ICU."
"It is an attitude that comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed Sliwa's decades in public life. His role with the Guardian Angels Sliwa wears the group's distinctive red beret almost permanently led to him being shot several times in 1992 after he criticized a mafia boss, and he stubbornly stayed in the mayoral race in 2021, winning 30% of the vote."
Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and the Republican candidate for New York mayor, remains in the race despite slim odds of winning. Polling shows Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, leading Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, by large margins. Sliwa attracts up to 18% of voter support, prompting some wealthy Cuomo backers to hope Sliwa will drop out and shift votes to Cuomo. Sliwa has publicly refused to withdraw, using colorful language about dying before quitting. Sliwa's history includes being shot in 1992 and winning 30% in the 2021 mayoral race.
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