On Tuesday, billionaires met with disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to discuss how to beat Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who handily defeated Cuomo in New York City’s democratic mayoral primary in June.

According to The New York Times , the group met to “plot” Mamdani’s defeat.

“The oligarchs are panicking,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) wrote on X , along with a screenshot of the Times story. Sanders and Mamdani recently held a town hall in Brooklyn as part of the senator’s “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.

“They will spend as much as it takes to try to defeat Zohran Mamdani,” Sanders continued. “They’ve got the money. We’ve got the people. Together, let’s elect Zohran and stop billionaires from buying elections.”

Mamdani posted a screenshot of the Times

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