From the New York Post: Self-proclaimed auto enthusiast Andrew Cuomo was ripped online Wednesday for a “cringe” new campaign video where he purports to help a man jump-start a car in an unstaged New York City moment.
The footage crashed and burned, with observers bashing everything from the Big Apple mayoral hopeful’s jumper cable technique to the “clumsy” handshake he gives the car’s driver.
“Speaking directly to whoever is managing your campaign ads, these are more and more embarrassing one after another,” user samisclam wrote of the campaign video, which was posted to Cuomo’s Instagram account Tuesday.
The criticism on the Instagram post appears to mostly come from supporters of the Democrat socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani.
“Hi Cuomo media team! Hope you leave this off your resumes,” one person mocked.
“HES NOT EVEN CONNECTING THE CABLES CORRECTLY LMAOOOOOOO,” another comment reads.
“This dude got driven 3 blocks in a black car to go vote on the day he got shellacked in the primary. Man’s never jumped a car in his life,” another person claimed.
Below is the original ad posted on Cuomo’s Instagram account, as he writes, “New Yorkers, start your engines… Together, we can fix this city! We can be there for each other. We help. We do. And we will — together.”
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Cuomo then responded to the criticism on X, as one user mocked, “Andrew Cuomo pretending to be AAA tow truck driver in this ad.”
“I was a AAA tow truck driver — that’s how I put myself through college,” Cuomo retorted.
I was a AAA tow truck driver — that’s how I put myself through college https://t.co/IwtXTHCGtO
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) July 16, 2025
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