Gunning for Cuomo, Lee Zeldin rakes in big bucks on Day One

The morning after Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York launched a Republican challenge against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Empire State’s embattled three-term Democratic governor, the congressman’s campaign touted he had raised more than $1 million during his first day as a candidate.

Zeldin on Thursday became the first major Republican to launch a challenge against Cuomo, who faces allegations of sexual harassment from several female accusers, which has triggered an independent investigation by the state attorney general and an impeachment investigation in the New York Assembly. Cuomo is also facing a federal probe into the state’s handling of COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Zeldin, a staunch ally of former President Trump and a four-term lawmaker who represents the state’s 1st Congressional District in the eastern half of Long Island, made his announcement in a live interview on "Fox and Friends," saying, "I’m all in, we are all in."