The absolutely wonderful irony of Cuomo’s statements are that in the end, it will be Che de Blasio who will end up battling, and causing the most problems for him. The big progressives who run crony-capitalist Wall Street and NY State’s one-party, Democrat government cleared the path for their junior, upstart, bratty communist cousin to find a way into Gracie Mansion in NY City. Now they will have to deal with him.
21 days into the new People’s Republic of NY City and de Blasio and Cuomo are already on a collision course over taxes, Pre-K, snow-plowing and the “war on the rich.” Any problems in NY City, especially financial, will be felt in Albany, and no doubt the Post will not let him forget it - and Cuomo will not be pleased.
Let’s hope they both lose.
Actually, aside from reflecting Cuomo’s true feelings, I think his statements were meant to boost his creds with the Che de Blasio wing of the Dem party, which seems to have taken over the party. He’s telling them that he may have a few more modest ideas on income redistribution and confiscatory taxes, but not to worry: he hates those “right-to-life, pro-assault weapon, anti-gay” GOPers just as much as de Blasio does.
BTW, he didn’t even say “anti-abortion,” which is what he keeps trying to make people believe now, but “right-to-life” as a term of condemnation.