‘They Have No Place in the State of New York’

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Andrew Cuomo: If ‘Extreme Conservatives’ Are ‘Right-to-Life, Pro-Assault-Weapon, Anti-Gay,’ Then ‘They Have No Place in the State of New York’

Jan. 18, 2014 11:06pm Dave Urbanski

Andrew Cuomo: If Extreme Conservatives Are Right to Life, Pro Assault Weapon, Anti Gay, Then They Have No Place in the State of New York

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his annual State of the State address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y. on Jan. 8, 2014. (Image source: AP/Mike Groll, File)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a radio interview that if “extreme conservatives” are “right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay,” then “they have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.”

Cuomo made his statements during a WCNY radio interview with Susan Arbetter on “The Capitol Pressroom” Friday morning, noted the “Capitol Confidential” of the Times Union in Albany. The context of Cuomo’s statement is what he sees as a schism between moderate and “extreme conservative” Republicans in New York state and around the country:

“Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that’s who they are and if they are the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.”

You can listen to Cuomo’s statement and more of what he had to say by heading to the WCNY page and staring your listen at around the 9:20 mark.

Cuomo added that “moderate Republicans have a place in this state” and noted that he can work with moderate Republicans, as they’ve consistently passed his agenda.

Cuomo also broke down more of his main issues with so-called “extreme” conservatives, urging them to “figure out if your extreme conservative philosophy can survive in this state and the answer is no.”

Dennis Poust, spokesman for the state’s Catholic Conference, had this to say on Twitter about the comments from the governor, who’s also a Catholic:

[theringfinder]

This is exactly why we need 2 Americas ~

[worldtalker]

Jan 19, 2014 9:08:47 GMT -5 theringfinder said:

This is exactly why we need 2 Americas ~

 Already got North and South America,we need more people to stand for WHAT is right,
not WHO is right,we are ALL born WRONG,cipher from there.

[theringfinder]

Sorry to say world talker, it's too late. There are so many stupid people that this can not be turned around, the media now rules and this can not be stopped or even slowed down, we are in a world of hurt my friend. Just the facts!

[njal]

Sounds like a mini barry.

[unclebuck257]

Why is anyone surprised at these statements? Cuomo is as liberal as they get and he's the gov. in a liberal state. What else would you expect from him on these subjects? He's pandering to his people while contemplating a run against Hillary in the 2016 Dem primaries.

[theringfinder]

It just sickens me that in the USA, he can say what he said and no big deal. Imagine if a Conservative Gov. from a Conservative state said just the opposite;

Liberals who are for abortion, gay rights and against guns are not welcome here - The whole US media would be in a frenzy!!!!

[unclebuck257]

As it turns out, the main crux of this statement from him was taken by some media completely outof context. On Fox News yesterday it was pointed out that Cuomo was referring to any ultra conservative people possibly thinking of running in his state, for state office. In fact, the sentence just prior to what he was quoted as saying here definitely states he is talking about possible candidates running for office.