New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is standing with immigrants—and, also, apparently lying about being one.
During a TV interview, an MSNBC anchor asked Cuomo if displaced Puerto Ricans—who saw their island devastated by Hurricane Maria—would be welcome in New York.
Both MSNBC and Cuomo were seemingly unaware of the fact that Puerto Ricans are American citizens and don’t require government permission to move within the United States; they can move to New York just as easily as someone from Oklahoma.
Despite being oblivious to the truth, Cuomo took a moment to grandstand about how much he loved immigration—and even claimed to be an immigrant himself:
“New York is prepared to do whatever we can do to help,” Cuomo said. “We believe in immigration in New York. We are a state of immigrants. I am an immigrant.”
He added, “I’m wholly against this anti-immigrant fever that has been stoked during the political campaign,” presumably referring to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Despite pretending he’s an immigrant, Cuomo is an American citizen who was born in New York City.
Cuomo isn’t even the child of immigrants: his father, Mario Cuomo—who served as Governor of New York, too—had also been born in New York City, and even considered a run for the White House in 1988 and 1992.
Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time Andrew Cuomo has claimed he was an immigrant. In June, Cuomo told a crowd that if Trump wants to “deport immigrants,” he should be the first to go.
At the time, Cuomo explained that, unless one is a member of a Native American tribe, “we are all immigrants.”
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