Cynthia Nixon demands the Democratic Party to denounce Andrew Cuomo after a "smear job"

Cynthia Nixon on Wednesday demanded that the National Democratic Party denounce Governor Andrew Cuomo after links emerged between the outgoing president's campaign and efforts to get his opponent to be "anti-Semitic".

"It was not an accident, it was a strategy." Cuomo's campaign tried to exploit our worst fears to mark the cheapest and dirtiest political points, "he said. said Rebecca Katz, Nixon's strategist.

Katz demanded that the head of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez intervene and remedy the disorder: "The Democratic Party is coating a Democratic candidate. What's he going to do about it?

The statement came just a day after The Post revealed that a Cuomo campaign official had repeatedly made allegations to a newspaper reporter on Friday that Nixon was linked to a newspaper.

Cuomo's campaign cited a petition signed by Nixon with more than 200 other actors, directors and writers – including many American Jews – who supported an acting troupe for refusing to perform in a West Bank settlement.

The post has not published the story.

Nixon – mother of two Jewish children and a member of a synagogue in Manhattan – says she does not support the boycott movement, but said she would not prevent her supporters from contracting with the boycott. State.

The next day, Saturday, a courier paid by the Democratic State Party landed in thousands of mailboxes, which was almost identical to the Cuomo campaign. "With anti-Semitism and bigotry on the rise, we can not try our luck with Cynthia Nixon, who has no experience, and who will not be strong for our Jewish communities," said the publisher.

The reaction of Jewish politicians in New York began almost immediately. He was quickly followed by claims by Cuomo that he had nothing to do with the mail. Instead, the governor pointed to the state democratic party, which he finances and controls.

Long-time political insiders questioned the claims, highlighting Cuomo's history of micromanagement and control over the party – he chose his current executive director.

Mr. Cuomo's critics and allies described the mail as a potentially damaging element and said it was part of a pattern of alleged shenanigans.

"I vote for him. But it was so stupid, "said a veteran Democratic agent. "More than the mailer itself, it makes them horrible. Play his worst games. And it will hurt him.