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Andrew Cuomo shocks crowd, says America 'was never that great'
Fox News ^ | August 15,2018 | By Adam Shaw

Posted on 08/15/2018 12:48:27 PM PDT by Hojczyk

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have just handed Republicans a ready-made campaign ad for his rumored 2020 presidential bid – by declaring Wednesday that America “was never that great.”

The Democratic star made the seemingly offhand remark as part of his rebuke of President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan during a bill-signing in New York. But the line drew gasps from the crowd.

“We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great,” Cuomo said, to an awkward blend of gasps and chuckles.

“We have not reached greatness, we will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged, we will reach greatness when discrimination and stereotyping against women, 51 percent of our population, is gone and every woman’s full potential is realized and unleashed and every woman is making her full contribution,” he said.

But the "never that great" line tore through social media in a New York minute, as journalists and his political rivals seized on the remark.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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To: Hojczyk

What is stopping women from achieving her full potential?

And to the extent that government plays a role here, why didn’t Obama take care if the women’s issues while he was president, if these are such pressing matters?


41 posted on 08/15/2018 1:05:39 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: loveliberty2
Sorry!

Should have read:

Cuomo's ignorance of his nation's history is appalling - - with the essay following that statement.

42 posted on 08/15/2018 1:06:22 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: alloysteel

According to this idiot we are doing Central American women a HUGE FAVOR by turning them back at the border.

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43 posted on 08/15/2018 1:08:11 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Hojczyk
The NY GOP is a joke. Cuomo or any Democrat can say whatever they want, and the GOP candidates will probably be nodding in agreement.
44 posted on 08/15/2018 1:09:34 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The U.S. Senate - where American freedom goes to die.)
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To: Hojczyk

Cuomo’s lower than a worm and twice as stupid.


45 posted on 08/15/2018 1:09:55 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: Hojczyk

If this nation was so awful, I wonder why Cuomo’s grandparents came over here after 1900 when the wicked nature of the USA had long been established.


46 posted on 08/15/2018 1:10:52 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Hojczyk

Anyone actually “shocked” by this? NYers know what they voted for.


47 posted on 08/15/2018 1:12:34 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Hojczyk

Andrew forget that we’re no longer in the obama era of America not being all that great ...


48 posted on 08/15/2018 1:12:57 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You forgot “black people’s time”...


49 posted on 08/15/2018 1:13:39 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Hojczyk

Like father, like son.

I distinctly remember Mario Cuomo, then NYS Governor shout out that the 1950’s were NEVER as nostalgic (my word paraphrased), decent and civil as everyone is saying. Life was as bad then as it is now!!

This was in response to the popularity of tv shows like Happy Days and movies like Grease and American Graffiti.

Unfortunately that diatribe worked.


50 posted on 08/15/2018 1:16:38 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Hojczyk

Andy is pining for the good old USSR.


51 posted on 08/15/2018 1:19:22 PM PDT by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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To: alloysteel

I don’t know a lot of detail about them, but maybe Clan Cuomo has never had to pay a price for what they enjoy.


52 posted on 08/15/2018 1:19:40 PM PDT by Himyar (Comes A Stillness)
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To: Sacajaweau

Ask the Germans in 1945 how great America was? Or the people of London, 1943, or the Berliners in 1949, or France in 1917, Yes, America is still great.


53 posted on 08/15/2018 1:21:53 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Mears

Andy’s father, the late Pope Mario the Pious, was an obnoxious arrogant pr*ck who tried to become governor-for-life, and the son is determined to do the same with the same smarmy attitude.


54 posted on 08/15/2018 1:24:00 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Hojczyk

Tough when all the boys in the family are Fredo.


55 posted on 08/15/2018 1:25:18 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
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To: Hojczyk

Cuomo is being honest in what he thinks. The hypocritical Commie bastard ought to move to Cuba.


56 posted on 08/15/2018 1:25:28 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: KosmicKitty

I liked Fredo.

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57 posted on 08/15/2018 1:25:56 PM PDT by Mears
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To: laplata

Cuomo just tried to walk it back. And made it worse.


58 posted on 08/15/2018 1:27:16 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Hojczyk; All

I’ve seen TV documentaries of US industrial leaders, the early automobile industry for example. There are cities like Detroit that were really impressive from historical viewpoint because thriving industries financed social engineering projects evidenced by beautiful era homes and impressive high schools.

But then the corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification Congress started selling the US to foreigners and much of formerly beautiful Detroit consequently now lies in ruins for example.

So isn’t Detroit evidence of America’s better days that Pres. Trump talks about?

Corrections, insights welcome.


59 posted on 08/15/2018 1:30:10 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Rennes Templar

Seems the only women discriminated against are Conservative women. Then again, so are Conservative blacks, Latinos and gays.

Just odd that this discrimination comes from democrats.


60 posted on 08/15/2018 1:30:12 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
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