Posted on 04/20/2018 7:42:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
In a new effort to empathize with illegal immigrants, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared himself to be one of them himself in a bill signing ceremony Thursday.
“I’m undocumented," Cuomo declared at the ceremony, where he signed legislation to protection union membership. "You want to deport an undocumented person, start with me because I’m an undocumented person.”
The governor also explained that he and his family know what it means to be a victim of racial prejudice.
“I’m an Italian-American," he explained. "I came from poor Italian-Americans who came here. You know what they called Italian-Americans back in the day? They called them wops. You know what wop stood for? Without papers.”
Some pointed out the insensitivity of Cuomo's comments.
Seems to me that @NYGovCuomo’s rhetorical charade of pretending to be undocumented, and calling to be deported — which of course he can never be — just minimizes the plight of actual undocumented immigrants. And is, for lack of better word, DUMB.— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) April 20, 2018
In fact, immigrant groups were offended.
Statement on Cuomo claims of being son of "poor immigrants," "undocumented" & "middle class." Our @antonioalarcon: To immigrant NYers...these fabrications are offensive...His parents weren't immigrants, his family wasn't poor, & he has no idea what it’s like to [be] undocumented. pic.twitter.com/1TsGo9bVjq— Make the Road Action (@MaketheRoadAct) April 18, 2018
Dictionary.com even got in on the act, trolling Cuomo with the actual definition of "undocumented."
Undocumented: Lacking documentation or authentication. #Cuomohttps://t.co/6HLqoFpqvW https://t.co/Itrd5J0FMC— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) April 19, 2018
Then self deport.
Thanks
“I’m undocumented”
No you’re not; you’re whole-hog crazy.
If it wasn’t for your a$$hole, you’d have no personality at all.
ROYAL POS
Oh I live in Flyover Country New York state....this man is despised.
And on local radio they have made him a news story everyday for a few years now.
This scumbag is going to try to run for president but I think he is too slimey to get far....oh WAIT
There is nothing so disgusting to me, as an Italo-American trying to assert victim status.
I’ve been through the Ellis Island records looking for my great-grandparents, who were here and then went back to Italy.
People were refused entry and sent back for all kinds of reasons. All the time. My parents had a hard time getting here *in the 60s* for Pete’s sake. They have ZERO patience for this illegal immigrant nonsense.
And anyway, “wop” comes from Neapolitan guappo = “dandy”. Had nothing to do with papers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wop
Yep. But it's the Oppression Olympics nowadays, don'tcha know, and that's his entry. Lame as it is.
As the late Bob Grant would say...what a cafone!
What a babbo!
I guess I am too then, because my Scots-Irish ancestors came over in the early 1700's before there were "documents". And they were called "long hairs" which was an indian euphemism for "make great scalps".
Thanks Kaslin.
My okie dad would agree.
Heh......that I would pay to see.....Andrew’s passport nd other documentation of his citizenship.
So how did he get to be governor is he’s undocumented? ROTFLOL.
Yes and my ancestors who came here during pre colonial times were called palefaces by the folks who were here before them. I got over the paleface slur as I am sure you will get over the wop slur. What you won’t get over is accusations of being a political dirtbag mainly because it is undeniable truth.
He also said he’s a Jewish, gay, Muslim lady!
The ultimate stupid a$$ in liberal virtue signaling.
Bingo. My grandfather came from Calbria at 16. No family, no job, no sponsor.Result... no entry. There was a jobber on Ellis Island looking for guys to buildvthe Tesla powerplants in Niagara Ontario. So back on a ship to Montreal. RR to Niagara. Four years he worked. Obtained Canadian citizenship. Came across the border to the US. When asked fot his papers, he opened his wallet, showed four year’s wages and his Canadian citizenship. Told the customs agent he was going to NYC to open a fruit store. Customs agent says...Welcome to the United States... That story was passed down four generations of my family. Illegal...my posterior.
Cuomo is trying to keep everyone looking away from the elephant in the room—what he is...is a crook.
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