New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found himself in hot water after saying “We’re not gonna make America great again. It was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.” And now, Cuomo’s office is in full damage-control mode:
CUOMO's office clarifies:
"Governor Cuomo disagrees with the President. The Governor believes America is great and that her full greatness will be fully realized when every man, woman, and child has full equality. America has not yet reached its maximum potential."
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 15, 2018
.@NYGovCuomo seeks to clarify, clean up: “The Governor believes America is great and that her full greatness will be fully realized when every man, woman, and child has full equality.” pic.twitter.com/2sjx30aZbK
— Emily Ngo (@epngo) August 15, 2018
That’s nice, Andrew. But that’s not what you said.
But that's not what he just said…
— Brandon Saario (@SaarioBrandon) August 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/thornberry_alex/status/1029827230472593427
Not okay did he say in prepared remarks that it wasn’t great, he also said it hadn’t “reached greatness.” This wasn’t a flub.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 15, 2018
(A flub is me writing “okay,” not “only” in the tweet above.)
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 15, 2018
That’s not clarification. That’s contradiction. https://t.co/7RYNu1J23G
— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) August 15, 2018
He did clarify one thing, though:
Cuomo clarifies: “I am a blithering idiot.” https://t.co/PMJe873YEp
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 15, 2018
Not that we didn’t already know that.
"Please, people – let's not forget that I hate Trump." https://t.co/1n59V8YFKY
— neontaster (@neontaster) August 15, 2018
He's very not good at this. https://t.co/zamTBDLoLw
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) August 15, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
***
Related:
‘He stands for ZERO’: Karol Markowicz exposes Andrew Cuomo as the FRAUD he is [screenshots]
Join the conversation as a VIP Member