Angry Andrew Cuomo didn’t like that Trump targeted New York City, among other lawless cities around the country, for a review that could take away billions in federal funds from the city. So he responded in anger, saying Trump would need any ARMY to protect him if he comes back to New York.
Watch:
The audio is in the beginning of this Fox and Friends clip discussing it. Here’s more from the NY Post:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday all but threatened President Trump’s safety if he returns to New York City in a rant responding to an exclusive story by The Post that Trump is looking to pull federal funds from “lawless” cities including New York.
Cuomo called an emergency press briefing within a half-hour on Wednesday night to tear into Trump for the order, which cites New York’s rising murder rate and defunding of the NYPD.
“He better have an army if he thinks he’s gonna walk down the street in New York. New Yorkers don’t want to have anything to do with him,” the Democrat said, all but threatening the commander-in-chief.
But Cuomo — who, like Trump, hails from Queens — wasn’t done. “He can’t have enough bodyguards to walk through New York City, people don’t want to have anything to do with him.”
In highly personal and insulting language, Cuomo speculated that Trump wasn’t upset about New York’s soaring murder rate and shootings.
“I think it’s because he is from New York City and New York City rejected him, always,” Cuomo said. “He was dismissed as a clown in New York City, those who know him best, like him least.”
Cuomo jeered: “He was disrespected in New York City. Nobody took him seriously and he was just a tabloid cartoon.”
The Post notes that Cuomo realized how ‘threatening’ his remarks were and walked them back before the call was over:
At the end of his call, Cuomo, apparently sensing how his remarks about Trump could be seen as threatening, attempted to walk them back.
“My comment about the president and bodyguards in New York City, all I’m saying is that he is persona non grata in New York City. And I think he knows that. And he’ll never come back to New York, because New Yorkers will never forget how gratuitously mean he has been to New Yorkers and how many times he’s tried to kill the city that gave him his start and birthed him. That’s what I meant about the bodyguards.”
In the audio above you’ll hear Cuomo also blame Trump for New York’s COVID problems, which is preposterous. He’s the one who killed thousands of elderly in nursing homes in the state with his terrible policy of sending back covid patients to nursing homes. And the media refuses to hold him accountable.
Now he’s all but threatening Trump, maybe even inciting violence against Trump if he ever visits NYC, and the media are just going to yawn once again. It’s not a story to them because they all hate Trump.
And if you don’t think it’s a big deal, just imagine a Republican Governor saying something this outlandish to Obama. The media outrage would last for days, maybe weeks, with every Republican being asked by reporters to denounce said governor over and over.