Whoever runs this troll account against Governor Andrew Cuomo should win an award for this tweet. They took the threat made against Trump’s cabinet members by Maxine Waters back in 2018 and slightly altered it to apply to Cuomo’s administration in New York. They did this after the news broke yesterday that his administration covered up the tons of COVID deaths in nursing homes:
“If you see anybody from the Cuomo Administration in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere.” -Maxine CuomoWatch@melissadderosa pic.twitter.com/VbeTf7Rl7R
— Cuomo Watch (@CuomoWatch) January 28, 2021
“If you see anybody from the Cuomo Administration in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.” -Maxine CuomoWatch
They even signed it “Maxine CuomoWatch”, which is a clear reference to Maxine Waters.
But Democrats in New York were OUTRAGED by the tweet:
This is appalling and dangerous. Encouraging violence must never be tolerated. Shame on whoever is behind this kind of garbage. https://t.co/piPMVEOUWl
— Carl E. Heastie (@CarlHeastie) January 29, 2021
What's wrong with you? Threatening violence against duly elected representatives of the people of New York is fascism.
The hatred unleashed by Trump and his gang of thugs continues to reverberate throughout the country. Enough is enough.
— Jeffrey Dinowitz (@JeffreyDinowitz) January 29, 2021
This kind of incitement to violence against government leaders must stop. Especially after the recent seige at the U.S. Capitol, we must condemn these types of threats. They endanger our democracy. This is not who we are and we can do better.
— Jenifer Rajkumar (@JeniferRajkumar) January 29, 2021
We need to stop this behavior towards elected officials and especially their staff. The seige of the Capitol empowered behavior like this and must be stopped at any moment it creeps its head out in any fashion.
— Kenny Burgos (@KennyBurgosNY) January 29, 2021
This is dangerous, reprehensible and has no place in any public discussion. Oh, and spare me the “someone else did it too” excuse. Someone else saying a variation of this doesn’t change the fact that this is seeking to incite violence against a public official and their staff.
— Ken Zebrowski (@kenzebrowski_ny) January 29, 2021
Really? Did we not learn anything from the Capitol insurrection?
We must condemn violence and harassment in any form. #StopTheViolence #MobMentality https://t.co/GqXadr2v4w
— Debi Rose (@CMDebiRose) January 29, 2021
So Hilarious. I’m sure they were all equally outraged when Maxine Waters originally made this threat for real against Trump and his cabinet, and called her out for it like they are now. I’d look for that on their Twitter accounts but we all know it’s just a waste of time. Different rules for Trump.