Gov. Cuomo Comes for the New York Times, Drops N-Word While Defending Italian-Americans

In the latest installment of white people whitepeopling, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a very stupid thing. Suggested Reading Trigger Warning…All of the Shocking Testimony From Diddy’s Federal Trial 15 AI Videos of Black Folks That Look So Real You Were Likely Fooled Why Wendy Williams is Clapping Back at a Lawsuit Filed on…

In the latest installment of white people whitepeopling, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a very stupid thing.

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Less than 24 hours after riding for Italian-Americans by announcing his intention to erect a statue honoring Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants and the first naturalized American citizen to be canonizedโ€”all while undermining New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio yet again in the processโ€”the 56-year-old hit the airwaves on Tuesday to address the discrimination that befalls Italian-Americans.

Remember in August when his little brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, went ape shit after somebody called him โ€œFredoโ€ and he likened it to being called a nigger?

Well, being dead-ass wrong must be a dominant trait in theย bloodline because big bro pulled a similar stunt early Tuesday morning live on the radio.

From the New York Daily News:

Pivoting away from a question about the stateโ€™s delayed Medicaid payments, Cuomo cited the Grey Ladyโ€™s use of the derogatory term and steered the conversation toward anti-Italian sentiments.

โ€œThe Times also said in an article the other day, apropos of nothing, they were talking about it,โ€ the governor told WAMC host Alan Chartock. โ€œGoing back to the Italian-Americans because now you have me. They used an expression that southern Italians were called quote-unquote, and pardon my language, but Iโ€™m just quoting The Times, nigger wops. N-word wops as a derogatory comment.โ€

After the bewilderment subsides, youโ€™re more than welcome to hear it for yourself here:

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1184169493804830720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Now, was he quoting somebody else? Sure. But was it necessary for him to do so in order to make his point? That depends on what his point wasโ€”which many have taken to Twitter to call into question.

https://twitter.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1184125494691860481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

โ€œHe said it in the context of trying to yell at the New York Times for being unfair to him, referencing a term they used,โ€ Emma Vigeland, a correspondent and producer for The Young Turks, tweeted. โ€œSo the motivation behind the using of the word wasnโ€™t even defensible. It was just self-serving, which is par for the course with Andrew Cuomo.โ€

https://twitter.com/dianelyssa/status/1184175018739036161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

โ€œ[A]nd andrew cuomo?! out here saying the n word with the hard r?!โ€ user @dianelyssa tweeted. โ€œyโ€™all have well and truly lost your minds today, oh my god.โ€

Reps for the governor have yet to comment publicly in response to his gaffe, but one thingโ€™s for sure: his nemesis de Blasio is somewhere thoroughly amused by this unfortunate turn of events.

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