When Cynthia Nixon initially introduced her candidacy for the 2018 gubernatorial election in New York, some performed it for laughs, saying that there was no manner the previous Sex and the City star may very well be critical. But now, simply days earlier than the election, Nixon and her supporters have confirmed that she was and is critical about eager to turn out to be the subsequent governor of New York.
One of these supporters is Jonathan Van Ness, one of many stars of Netflix’s Emmy-winning actuality collection Queer Eye. In a brand new video posted on Nixon’s Twitter account, the candidate sat down with Van Ness to debate her imaginative and prescient for the state of New York and why everybody watching ought to get out to vote on Thursday.
But naturally, Van Ness started their dialog by discussing Nixon’s quick coiffure, saying it was “serving me everything.” The dialog rapidly shifted to a photograph Nixon’s son had drawn her on the evening of her heated debate with fellow candidate Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “Yes, it’s got a disco ball, it was going to be a party,” she stated of the drawing. “And it was a little bit of a party!”
The two sat on a settee, the place Van Ness requested Nixon to talk about her targets as governor ought to she win. Nixon talked about passing the New York Health Act, a brand new single-payer well being care system for the state; enhancing the performance of New York City’s public transit; and placing extra of the state’s budgetary deal with schooling reasonably than incarceration.
Van Ness thanked Nixon for bringing ahead a progressive agenda, saying that members of marginalized communities appreciated what Nixon was attempting to do for them. “There are so many people that want to come together and make these things that people said could never happen, they want to make them happen, because we want to see change in this country,” he stated.
Nixon faces an arduous battle on Thursday; the newest polls from Siena College present Gov. Cuomo going into the election with a 41-point lead over Nixon, with voters supporting the governor at 63 % and Nixon’s supporters at 22 %. But Nixon has held that an “enthusiasm gap” exists between her supporters and Cuomo’s, which she believes might assist shut the governor’s present lead.
Van Ness, then again, is coming off of his personal victory. At Sunday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Queer Eye took house three of the 4 awards it was nominated for, together with an enormous win for excellent structured actuality program.
Watch the total video with Nixon and Van Ness under:
So, this occurred. Thanks, @jvn for sitting down with me to speak about #ElectionDay this Thursday! #TeamCynthia #CynthiaForNY pic.twitter.com/3thOZzqV63
— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) September 11, 2018
