Cuomo closed by demonizing immigrants, forgetting his own family history. Mamdani, in his closing video, lifted up the legacy of New York’s Italian-American political leaders who fought for workers.
Immigrants have historically been treated poorly when they came to America. My grandparents endured hardship but worked hard so life would be better for their kids, which it was. We are white, but if we had been brown or black, it would have been much worse. I will never understand why color is so important to some people. So superficial, but it suits the GOP.
Hi Donnab, I couldn't have said it better myself. Shame on Cuomo! He needs to go away. I hope Mamdani wipes the floor with him! My family didn't immigrate here, most were enslaved and the rest were indigenous Cherokee. All have suffered from bigotry and discrimination, and none of us could ever become White.
I hope Mamdani wins in a landslide. Cuomo is a handsy creep. Sliwa is nuts. Mamdani must win. We need the tides to turn and young progressives to win. I am sick of the old guard....big talk, no action!!!!!
Donna, I could not agree with you more. I may live in NC, but was born and raised in North Jersey, the granddaughter of immigrants. Cuomo should be ashamed of himself and needs to crawl back into the hole he crawled out of. Congratulations, Mamdani! What an amazing and historic win!
Definitely agree Donnab; the old guard has done nothing but suppress the fresh, young voices of Mamdani, AOC, Crockett, and others who are doing the grass roots work.
As an Italian-American, I thank you, Mike, for reminding us of fairly recent history. Those hateful xenophobes who want to pull up the ladder after they have ascended to US citizenship are, in Hillary Clinton's words, "despicable." Shame on them and their politics. Mamdani is pointing the way forward for the new Democratic Party, one of greater inclusion and more overt social democratic policies, and I am thrilled by his vision.
My 4 grandparents were Italian and spoke no English. It was hard to communicate with them, but they were nice, hard-working people. People made fun of their different language, attire, and culture. I have tons of respect for my ancestors. People like Cuomo, Giuliani and DeSantis give a bad name to Italians. They are a disgrace to the Italians I have known.
This was one of your best columns , thank you so much for this essay about the Italian American past and yes, how those brave people fought for workers!
As an Italian American who is named after my first generation grandfather I am sick to death of the Cuomo's and the Bartiromo woman. As well as the many other Italian-American Republicans who have turned their backs of their ancestor's and this country. They have forgotten their heritage and stand for nothing. Also, we must include Enrico Caruso as those who helped their community's. Thanks for a great article.
Nice article. Read about the Saint Leonard riots back in the late 60's in Montreal as an example of how French-Canadians did not accept them into schools. Hard to understand how people whos ancestors endured hardships for a better life from racism back in the day are now the ones doing the same - SO SAD.
As a guy with many Irish and Italian American acquaintances! I see this forgetting where they came from far too often , when it comes to the immigration’s issue!!
It was a plan by the GOP to assimilate these two groups and they fell hook, line a sinker!!
Now they can be some of the loudest voices of right wing rhetoric!!
@Michelangelo Signorile : brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! With your permission I’d like to reprint on ALL of my social media, including Substack, Medium, & Linked In. A powerful work of sheer genius…
As a Jewish American woman, oh hell as a human being, I’m not afraid of Muslims. It seems to me that the people to be afraid of in America right now called themselves Christians.
Yes and the constant crying about antisemitism being a liberal problem while the right was gutting protections for African Americans all in a coordinated effort and using accusations of antisemitism to put all liberal colleges on the defensive. I never even heard of Ackman before this campaign to vilify DEI. War in the middle east also worked against the Dems and Bibi knew it would. Strange how the current war in Gaza was so well timed to help distract from vilifying DEI and pushing college heads to resign based on antisemitism. Now the decades long crusade of antisemitism pursued by White Nationalist against Jews is seeping through the cracks. Cue the press to be surprised again by what they can't seem to remember. In todays America victimhood is the key to avoiding punishment and doing what you want. A sad situation that we all are responsible for.
Without evidence, White House press secretary alleges fraud in California election
By Ana Ceballos
Minutes ahead of California’s voting centers opening to the public Tuesday morning, President Trump took to Truth Social to slam the electoral process for Proposition 50 as rigged.
When asked to elaborate on Trump’s claim, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed without providing evidence that fraud is happening with mailed-in ballots.
“Fraudulent ballots are being mailed-in in the names of other people, in the names of illegal aliens who shouldn’t be voting in American elections,” Leavitt claimed at a White House press briefing.
“There’s countless examples and we would be happy to provide them.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request from The Times for those examples.
Let’s face it, every person required to stay below decks came because they needed to escape oppression or poverty. The original Founders were aristocracy remember. The aristocracy were the original bankers. It was the Dutch invention of international banking that made the invasion of North America possible. Aristocrats funded the genocide indigenous tribes of South America too. Real estate you know. Aristocrats think because their sail came with champagne, it means they get to eat your piece of the pie too. Fairness says everyone starts with at least 1 piece of pie. We have more pie than we can eat.
Classism is all fear and greed. Racism is all fear and ignorance. Reduce or eliminate ignorance and fear? The result will greatly diminish extractive greed by improving humanity’s wellbeing. THIS is why our billionaires must be divested of greed.
It didn’t have to be this way for Cuomo. He could’ve talked about his accomplishments as governor which are many. Of course, there’s the sexual harassment and nursing home deaths scandals on his record too. He knows better but shows who he really is every time his back is against the wall.
The “Jew” issue is that people are not savy enough to see the Jewish MAGA (Bibi’s fascists) from the normal folks. Then you run up against fanatics in Islam and logic, history, and solutions go to hell in a hand basket. Please do NOT try to lay blame on “us,” this is MAGA world.
Immigrants have historically been treated poorly when they came to America. My grandparents endured hardship but worked hard so life would be better for their kids, which it was. We are white, but if we had been brown or black, it would have been much worse. I will never understand why color is so important to some people. So superficial, but it suits the GOP.
Hi Donnab, I couldn't have said it better myself. Shame on Cuomo! He needs to go away. I hope Mamdani wipes the floor with him! My family didn't immigrate here, most were enslaved and the rest were indigenous Cherokee. All have suffered from bigotry and discrimination, and none of us could ever become White.
Drumpf endorsed Cuomo, Sakina. That pretty much says it all.
Cuomo is just another orange suck up.
I hope Mamdani wins in a landslide. Cuomo is a handsy creep. Sliwa is nuts. Mamdani must win. We need the tides to turn and young progressives to win. I am sick of the old guard....big talk, no action!!!!!
Donna, I could not agree with you more. I may live in NC, but was born and raised in North Jersey, the granddaughter of immigrants. Cuomo should be ashamed of himself and needs to crawl back into the hole he crawled out of. Congratulations, Mamdani! What an amazing and historic win!
Definitely agree Donnab; the old guard has done nothing but suppress the fresh, young voices of Mamdani, AOC, Crockett, and others who are doing the grass roots work.
Larry, those young voices are the future. The Old Guard Dems are clueless.
Old Guard Dems are corporate, influenced by $$$
As an Italian-American, I thank you, Mike, for reminding us of fairly recent history. Those hateful xenophobes who want to pull up the ladder after they have ascended to US citizenship are, in Hillary Clinton's words, "despicable." Shame on them and their politics. Mamdani is pointing the way forward for the new Democratic Party, one of greater inclusion and more overt social democratic policies, and I am thrilled by his vision.
As a fellow Italian American and a granddaughter of Italian immigrants I hope Andrew Cuomo gets run out of New York on a rail. He is a disgrace.
This article is spot on. The hypocrisy of Cuomo is astonishing. I recall the stories of discrimination told by my Italian grandparents and parents.
My 4 grandparents were Italian and spoke no English. It was hard to communicate with them, but they were nice, hard-working people. People made fun of their different language, attire, and culture. I have tons of respect for my ancestors. People like Cuomo, Giuliani and DeSantis give a bad name to Italians. They are a disgrace to the Italians I have known.
This article provides a great reason to support Mandami in the NYC mayoral race and why Andrew Cuomo shits on his own Italian American heritage.
This was one of your best columns , thank you so much for this essay about the Italian American past and yes, how those brave people fought for workers!
As an Italian American who is named after my first generation grandfather I am sick to death of the Cuomo's and the Bartiromo woman. As well as the many other Italian-American Republicans who have turned their backs of their ancestor's and this country. They have forgotten their heritage and stand for nothing. Also, we must include Enrico Caruso as those who helped their community's. Thanks for a great article.
Nice article. Read about the Saint Leonard riots back in the late 60's in Montreal as an example of how French-Canadians did not accept them into schools. Hard to understand how people whos ancestors endured hardships for a better life from racism back in the day are now the ones doing the same - SO SAD.
As a guy with many Irish and Italian American acquaintances! I see this forgetting where they came from far too often , when it comes to the immigration’s issue!!
It was a plan by the GOP to assimilate these two groups and they fell hook, line a sinker!!
Now they can be some of the loudest voices of right wing rhetoric!!
The Goodfather: The Rising Fall of the Marvelous Marcantonio
https://a.co/d/e7upcj4
@Michelangelo Signorile : brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! With your permission I’d like to reprint on ALL of my social media, including Substack, Medium, & Linked In. A powerful work of sheer genius…
Thank you Steve! And please!
As a Jewish American woman, oh hell as a human being, I’m not afraid of Muslims. It seems to me that the people to be afraid of in America right now called themselves Christians.
It is painfully clear what eliminating DEI means. Fascism "loves" a racist society. And the coup continues... Dasvidanyia Comrades.
Fascism needs a scapegoat
Yes and the constant crying about antisemitism being a liberal problem while the right was gutting protections for African Americans all in a coordinated effort and using accusations of antisemitism to put all liberal colleges on the defensive. I never even heard of Ackman before this campaign to vilify DEI. War in the middle east also worked against the Dems and Bibi knew it would. Strange how the current war in Gaza was so well timed to help distract from vilifying DEI and pushing college heads to resign based on antisemitism. Now the decades long crusade of antisemitism pursued by White Nationalist against Jews is seeping through the cracks. Cue the press to be surprised again by what they can't seem to remember. In todays America victimhood is the key to avoiding punishment and doing what you want. A sad situation that we all are responsible for.
We knew this was coming but this is BS!!!
From the LA Times:
Without evidence, White House press secretary alleges fraud in California election
By Ana Ceballos
Minutes ahead of California’s voting centers opening to the public Tuesday morning, President Trump took to Truth Social to slam the electoral process for Proposition 50 as rigged.
When asked to elaborate on Trump’s claim, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed without providing evidence that fraud is happening with mailed-in ballots.
“Fraudulent ballots are being mailed-in in the names of other people, in the names of illegal aliens who shouldn’t be voting in American elections,” Leavitt claimed at a White House press briefing.
“There’s countless examples and we would be happy to provide them.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request from The Times for those examples.
Here we go again!
But of course.
Solidarity, I say.
Let’s face it, every person required to stay below decks came because they needed to escape oppression or poverty. The original Founders were aristocracy remember. The aristocracy were the original bankers. It was the Dutch invention of international banking that made the invasion of North America possible. Aristocrats funded the genocide indigenous tribes of South America too. Real estate you know. Aristocrats think because their sail came with champagne, it means they get to eat your piece of the pie too. Fairness says everyone starts with at least 1 piece of pie. We have more pie than we can eat.
Classism is all fear and greed. Racism is all fear and ignorance. Reduce or eliminate ignorance and fear? The result will greatly diminish extractive greed by improving humanity’s wellbeing. THIS is why our billionaires must be divested of greed.
It didn’t have to be this way for Cuomo. He could’ve talked about his accomplishments as governor which are many. Of course, there’s the sexual harassment and nursing home deaths scandals on his record too. He knows better but shows who he really is every time his back is against the wall.
The “Jew” issue is that people are not savy enough to see the Jewish MAGA (Bibi’s fascists) from the normal folks. Then you run up against fanatics in Islam and logic, history, and solutions go to hell in a hand basket. Please do NOT try to lay blame on “us,” this is MAGA world.