What mayors and governors of new York consider their positions a foothold to prepare for the presidential race – is not news. That current mayor bill De Blasio felt the strength to lead not only the city but also the country. Just as his colleague the Governor of the state Andrew Cuomo. Yes, the 56-year-old De Blasio is running for the presidency in 2020. Probably, he decided that 75-year-old Bernie Sanders, and 68-year-old Elizabeth Warren is too old to be his worthy competitors.
However, history shows that the last two mayors of the Big Apple, who were running for President — John Lindsay in 1972 and Rudy Giuliani in 2008, he suffered a resounding failure. «Awkward» tour De Blasio at Iowa on behalf of Hillary Clinton in early 2016 does not add optimism.
We only note that the mayor has not yet confirmed their intentions officially, but the rumors in the political community, according to New York Magazine, crawled.
