The two tore into each other in strikingly personal terms on their backgrounds, their policy ideas and how each would address antisemitism. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, meanwhile, reprised his wildcard role as he refuses to bow to a pressure campaign from some Republicans to leave the race. Despite not winning President Donald Trump's endorsement and being mocked at times by the Queens-born president Sliwa said he would work with Trump to protect the city's interests.