Posted on 04/19/2018 4:07:58 PM PDT by Hadean
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a New York City native, raised eyebrows last week after he claimed that he was an illegal immigrant and taunted officials to deport him. “I’m undocumented. You want to deport an undocumented person, start with me because I’m an undocumented person,” Cuomo, 60, said during a bill signing. During the bizarre speech, the New York governor criticized the "extreme conservative movement" for being "anti-immigrant." He said his family, who emigrated to the U.S. from Italy, was constantly ridiculed with a racial slur that he said meant “without papers.”
“I’m an Italian-American. I came from poor Italian-Americans who came here. You know what they called Italian-Americans back in the day? They called them wops,” Cuomo said, referring to the pejorative slur for Italians. “You know what wop stood for? Without papers.”
According to the Online Etymology dictionary, the slur originated from southern Italian dialect “guappo,” which means “dandy, dude, stud.” The dictionary said it’s not an acronym.
A day earlier, Cuomo addressed a group of union workers and said he was “raised by poor immigrants from South Jamaica,” a neighborhood in Queens, New York. His father Mario, a three-term governor of New York, was born in Queens to Italian immigrant parents. His mother, Matilda, was also born in Queens.
Immigrant advocacy group Make the Road Action has called on Cuomo to apologize for the comments.
“To Dreamer and immigrants like me, these fabrications are offensive,” Make the Road Action member Antonio Alarcon said in a statement, adding that the governor “has no idea what it’s like to live as an undocumented person.”
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Every once in a great while, a liberal comes up with an excellent idea. This is one of them.
In fact, maybe it will catch on and we can deport every Democrat government employee, or at least the politicians and judges.
Great idea.
Send the National Guard, if necessary, and take him up on the offer.
I would settle for punching him in the face.
Andy, I hate to break it to you but ‘undocumented’ is not a synonym for ‘dumbass.’
The 1% of the 1% trying to convince us he’s the same as everyone else.
This guy and Gov Brown from CA make some pair of idiots. What a travesty (and tragedy) that these two head up two of the largest and most influential States in the Union.
The rest of the US suffers as a result. I think it’s time for some of the other States to start suing CA and NY for damages.
Governor Cuomo, face it, you’re just a jabroni.
This man has a knack for boldly exploring the frontiers of stupidity.
Apparently, Fredo had a twin.
“Andrew Cuomo claims he’s ‘undocumented,’ challenges officials to deport him”
He should be deported to hell.
His offer to be deported should be accepted.
No, the first black Godfather came from there ...
I thought that was a “gavone”. Have I been misinformed all these years?
This is funny. The idiot doesn’t even understand why he is a citizen. If his grandparents, who imigrated from Italy in 1926 and 27, came in illegally, he still is a citizen as his father, Mario, was born in 1932, in New York. So, because he was born here, he is a citizen even if his parents weren’t because he would be an anchor baby. So when Andrew was born in 1957, he made the second generation of Cuomos as citizens of the US.
Now, if he wishes to denounce his citizenship, I will offer him a ride to the airport as I would not like to slow his efforts to get it done. He’s an idiot.
rwood
Put on a clown suit and you’ll get the attention you richly deserve!
What a face! Is dat his mudda?
He “self identifies” as whatever? F him
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