Politics

Former Clinton adviser: ‘Possible for Cuomo to replace Biden as nominee’

A former adviser to President Bill Clinton argued Joe Biden has new competition for the Democratic presidential nomination.

“Biden thinks he has the nomination sewed up, but I’m not so sure,” Dick Morris told radio show host John Catsimatidis on Sunday.

Morris claimed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been holding daily news briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, could be plotting to launch a last-minute bid to nab the nomination from Biden, who became the presumptive nominee last month.

“It is perfectly possible for Cuomo to replace Biden as the nominee. Biden has at the moment about 1,200 delegates, but you need 1,900 to win the nomination. And most of the states have postponed their primaries,” he said.

“New York, with over 200 delegates, has postponed its primary until June 23, the last in the country. I don’t think that’s a coincidence," he continued. "I think Cuomo may have postponed it so that he would increase his chances. You could have a write-in movement for Cuomo.”

Cuomo said last week he had no plans to run for president after President Trump said he would make a “stronger” general election opponent than Biden.