Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) called former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo the “lesser of two evils” in the New York City mayoral race in a radio appearance Wednesday.

“This is a choice for New Yorkers. And, ultimately, they have to choose, you know, between the lesser of two evils. And in this instance, between [New York mayoral candidate] Zohran Mamdani [(D)] and Andrew Cuomo, it’s not even close,” Lawler told radio host Sid Rosenberg on WABC’s “Sid & Friends In The Morning.”

On Monday, Mamdani said that he does not “begrudge New Yorkers who are skeptical” about him as Election Day nears.

“I don’t begrudge New Yorkers who are skeptical, because they’ve also lived through tens of millions of dollars of commercials telling them to fear me,” Mamdani told host Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show.”

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