Borough President and mayor in a landslide.Sorry, you are misinterpreting what I said. I am not calling him a liar, I am saying he is a terrible politician because he doesn't care about the truth. You can reframe it as "he is taking the best traits of Trump" if that helps deal with any cognitive dissonance... but in terms of living in a democracy, he is a terrible flag-bearer, regardless of whether he's successful/(re)elected.
There are those who think the end justifies the means or to fight fire with fire and stoop to the level of Republicans, and confuse living in a democracy with winning a popularity contest. I have no doubt they also likely rooting for other obviously corrupt/inept flashy Democratic candidates a la Michael Avenatti, and fail to see how those character traits lead to poor decision making in the long run. It is a tragedy in the literal sense of the word... heralding strongman characteristics as some type of post-modern politician is misguided... it's actually just a throwback that requires an uninformed public (and won't be sustainable once his first scandal hits).
He has tons of centrist support too
look. You don’t have to like him. But in 2021 this is what a fighter is going to look like.