New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo all but threatened President Donald Trump’s life in an unhinged statement Wednesday, claiming that the president “better have an army” to protect him if he shows his face in New York.
“He better have an army if he thinks he’s gonna walk down the street in New York. New Yorkers don’t want to have anything to do with him,” the Democrat governor said during an emergency press call Wednesday night.
“He can’t have enough bodyguards to walk through New York City, people don’t want to have anything to do with him,” he went on.
The press briefing came after Trump requested a review of federal funding to be stripped from Democrat-led cities including New York City, Portland and Seattle, where left-wing riots have torched entire areas and destroyed businesses as Democrat leaders have so far refused federal help in getting the violent criminals under control. Cuomo called the threat “illegal.”
“I think it’s because he is from New York City and New York City rejected him, always,” Cuomo said. “He was dismissed as a clown in New York City, those who know him best, like him least…He was disrespected in New York City. Nobody took him seriously and he was just a tabloid cartoon.”
Cuomo later tried to scale back on his statements threatening Trump’s safety, saying he simply meant Trump is “persona non grata.”
“My comment about the president and bodyguards in New York City, all I’m saying is that he is persona non grata in New York City. And I think he knows that. And he’ll never come back to New York, because New Yorkers will never forget how gratuitously mean he has been to New Yorkers and how many times he’s tried to kill the city that gave him his start and birthed him. That’s what I meant about the bodyguards,” he attempted.