Posted on 08/29/2018 8:10:02 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) and actress Cynthia Nixon traded personal barbs Wednesday night during a tense gubernatorial primary debate.
Arguments erupted over the degree to which each candidate has opposed President Trump, New York City's subway system, health care and corruption during the 60-minute debate .
Cuomo is the heavy favorite to win a third term in the Sept. 13 primary against political newcomer Nixon, who trails Cuomo in every public poll, according to The Washington Post.
The debate became heated following a question about New York's MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority), which Nixon said Cuomo had left underfunded.
Cuomo was responding to Nixon's claim that he "used the MTA like an ATM," when Nixon cut in.
“Can you stop interrupting?” Cuomo asked.
“Can you stop lying?” Nixon responded.
“Yeah, as soon as you do,” Cuomo said.
Cuomo also attempted to portray himself as an example to Democrats of strong opposition to Trump.
“No one has stood up to Donald Trump the way I have,” he said.
Nixon disagreed, responding, “You stood up to him about as well as he stood up to Putin.”
A Siena College poll released in late July found Cuomo with a 60 to 29 percent edge over Nixon among likely Democratic voters. He has maintained a steady lead in polls ahead of the September primary.
Why do they ALL look the same?
They all look to me like they could suck start a B-52.
Better that poor B-52 than me.
(And to those in the photographs: Psst, girls. Duck lips: yer doin' it wrong!)
Nixon is actually a smart cookie, a Barnard grad. Probably smarter than Cuomo, who graduated from Fordham, despite his dad’s political eminence.
“Can you stop lying?” Nixon responded.
“Yeah, as soon as you do,” Cuomo said.
The last sentence appears to show Cuomo admitting that he is a liar. Likely a rare moment of honesty from him.
Nixon is Cuomo's Bernie Sanders and Andy hates her as much as Hillary hated Bernie.
They’re complex - the chromosomes are the real part of them while their outward appearance is the imaginary part.
Here’s what NYS has for options for governor.
Molinaro’s webpage is very weak and mushy. Not much about his policy and stand on different issues.
Marc Molinaro - R,C
https://molinaroforny.com/news/
Sharpe has clear specifics about what his goals are.
Larry Sharpe - Libertarian
https://www.larrysharpe.com/
That’s how your face gets when you spend your life being angry and bitter.
The enemedia are all burying the lede.
Cuomo called ICE agents “a bunch of thugs”.
Every ‘Rat candidate running for anything should be asked whether or not he/she supports that slur.
Upstate is dying.
And the outcome? NY once again loses to the losers who are the winners because there is no republican party in NY.
“Lesbian Spank Inferno”?
(’90s Brit comedy reference, TV show “Coupling”)
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