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RandySF

(77,365 posts) Tue Sep 16, 2025, 05:01 PM Tuesday

Which Living Democrat Does Cuomo Admire? He Can't Name One.

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo offered a scathing assessment of Democrats on Monday, saying he was unable to name any living member of his party whom he admired.

“Admire? None comes to mind,” he said, when asked in a New York Times interview to choose three elected officials whom he holds in high esteem or considers “ideologically similar” to himself.

Mr. Cuomo, who is running as an independent for mayor of New York after losing the Democratic primary, responded by listing his father, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York; former President John F. Kennedy; and Robert F. Kennedy, the former attorney general and senator from New York. His father died a decade ago, and the Kennedy brothers were both assassinated in the 1960s.

“The Democratic Party is not meeting the moment,” said Mr. Cuomo, who did not detail how he believed his party had failed. “I think the Democratic Party has created the moment.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/politics/cuomo-nyc-mayor-democrats.html

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Which Living Democrat Does Cuomo Admire? He Can't Name One. (Original Post) RandySF Tuesday OP

Megalomaniac is suggesting he is the only goood & true Democrat. tblue37 Tuesday #1

On the flip side, I'll bet all good Democrats are breathing a big sigh of relief Wiz Imp Tuesday #2

Look in the mirror Andy IbogaProject Tuesday #3

tblue37

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1. Megalomaniac is suggesting he is the only goood & true Democrat.

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Tue Sep 16, 2025, 05:19 PM

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Wiz Imp

(7,277 posts)

2. On the flip side, I'll bet all good Democrats are breathing a big sigh of relief

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Tue Sep 16, 2025, 05:46 PM

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That he didn't name them. I can't imagine any good Democrat wanting to be associated with Cuomo at this point.

IbogaProject

(4,989 posts)

3. Look in the mirror Andy

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Tue Sep 16, 2025, 06:22 PM

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He colluded with the GOP via the IDC, which were Dems in name only and caucused with the GOP and stalled many progressive reforms. This was only fixed by grassroots effort to target the IDC and that was able to primary 7 or those 8 fake Dems. Then Coumo started talking somewhat progressive, while still supporting big business and landlords in the back ground. He was also supporting the ill-concieved Penn Station expansion Office Tower MegaDevelopment.

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