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Andrew Cuomo Keeps Calling Himself 'Undocumented,' Which, Hmmm
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 18, 2018 05:53pm |
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| Category | Idiocy |
| Author | Clio Chang |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 18, 2018 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been scrambling to shore up his progressive bona fides in the face of a robust primary challenge from actress and activist Cynthia Nixon. One result of this: Over the past week, Cuomo has made a number of comments arguing that he understands the plight of immigrants because he, too, is an “undocumented person.” (He’s, uh, not.)
During a union rally last Wednesday, Cuomo proclaimed that he was “raised by poor immigrants from South Jamaica.” (South Jamaica is a neighborhood in Queens. His father, Mario Cuomo, was born in New York, and his mother, Matilda Cuomo, was also born in New York.)
A day later, the governor said in the same vein, “I’m an Italian-American, 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. I’m undocumented. You want to deport an undocumented person, start with me, because I’m an undocumented person.”
Again, Cuomo, who was born in Queens, is not undocumented. Also, “wop” is not actually a term for “without papers.” |
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