De Blasio Backs Cuomo: Tells Conservatives to Get Out
by Kerry Picket 23 Jan 2014, 8:42
AM PDT
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio emphatically backed New Governor Andrew Cuomo’s controversial remarks that “extreme”
conservatives – which he defined as being pro-life,
second amendment advocates, or
supporters of traditional marriage – “have no place in the state of New York.”
“I stand by that 100 percent,” de
Blasio told reporters at the U.S.
Conference of Mayors in Washington,
D.C. on Thursday.
“I agree with Governor Cuomo’s
remarks. I interpret his remarks to say that an extremist attitude that
continues the reality of violence in our communities or an extremist attitude
that denies the rights of women does not represent the views of New
York State,” he added.
Governor Cuomo riled up
conservatives in New York state as well as all over the country when he told a
local New York State radio program last Friday “extreme conservatives who are
right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay....have no place in the state of
New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.”
The remarks have snowballed into a
major controversy, with Fox News host Sean Hannity vowing to leave New York City, prompting
a bidding war between Republican governors to persuade him to move to their
states. Hannity is reportedly eyeing a political bid in Texas. At the March for Life yesterday, one
participant pushed back at Cuomo, telling Breitbart News, "We're here,
we're pro-life, get used to it."
De Blasio conceded that “we all
understand there’s a right to free speech. I wouldn’t disagree with that right
and neither would Governor Cuomo.”
But exercising that free speech
could put you on the wrong side of New
York “values,” de Blasio maintained. “I think he’s
saying that the attitude of those who want to continue the status quo on guns
or want to challenge and deny the right to choose does not reflect the values
of New Yorkers. He was absolutely right to say what he said,” de Blasio stated.
When asked by a reporter if he
does not feel the need to reach out to those who disagree with him and would
rather others share his values instead, de Blasio responded, “The first point
is, we represent our people and Governor Cuomo is right and I believe I’m on
firm ground in saying our people, the people in New York State and the people
of New York City reject extremists views against a women’s right to choose and
in favor of the proliferation of guns in our society. And I stand by that 100
percent.”
De Blasio is under fire in New York for the city's
disastrous response to the recent snow storm, which prompted questions about
why he was in front of the television cameras in D.C. instead of working to fix
the roads back home. De Blasio admitted Wednesday "more could have been
done."
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
is the New York (NY) mayor, and Lis Smith’s
spokesperson.
Note: Lis Smith is Bill de Blasio’s spokesperson, and dating
Eliot Spitzer.
Eliot
Spitzer is dating Lis Smith, a columnist
for Slate, an adjunct professor at
the City University of New York, and
was the New York state government governor.
Mario
M. Cuomo was the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state for the New York state government, is Andrew M. Cuomo’s father, a board of
adviser’s member for the American
Constitution Society.
Andrew
M. Cuomo is Mario M. Cuomo’s
son, and the New York state government governor.
Cliff
Sloan is a director at the American
Constitution Society, and was a publisher for Slate.
Victor A. Kovner
was a director at the American
Constitution Society, and a corporation counsel for New York (NY).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, Human
Rights First, and the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor
for the Harlem Children's Zone, and
his divorce lawyer was William D. Zabel.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin
Hood Foundation, Human Rights First,
the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael R. Bloomberg
was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin
Hood Foundation, the New York (NY) mayor, and is a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Thomas
M. Menino is a co-chair for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, was the president for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the Boston (MA) mayor.
Paul
Helmke was the president for the U.S.
Conference of Mayors, the president for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and the Fort Wayne (IN) mayor.
Daniel L.
Doctoroff is a director at Human
Rights First, and was the deputy mayor for New York (NY).
William
D. Zabel is the chair for Human
Rights First, and was George Soros’s
divorce lawyer.
Harold
H. Koh was a director at Human
Rights First, a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and Harry A. Blackmun’s clerk.
Harry A. Blackmun’s
clerk was Harold H. Koh, and wrote a
majority decision for Roe vs. Wade.
Henry Louis
Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a trustee
at the New-York Historical Society,
a trustee at the New York Public Library,
and the editor-in-chief & founder for The
Root.
The
Root is a division of the Slate
Group.
Slate
is a division of the Slate Group.
Eliot
Spitzer is a columnist for Slate,
an adjunct professor at the City
University of New York, dating Lis
Smith, and was the the New York state government governor.
Lis
Smith is dating Eliot Spitzer,
and Bill de Blasio’s spokesperson.
Bill de Blasio’s
spokesperson is Lis Smith, and is the
New
York (NY)
mayor.
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