{"id":451126,"date":"2022-05-22T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/andrew-cuomo-compares-buffalo-mass-shooting-to-lynching\/"},"modified":"2022-05-22T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T14:24:09","slug":"andrew-cuomo-compares-buffalo-mass-shooting-to-lynching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andrew-cuomo-compares-buffalo-mass-shooting-to-lynching\/","title":{"rendered":"#Andrew Cuomo compares Buffalo mass shooting to lynching"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af4f92cb4801\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af4f92cb4801\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andrew-cuomo-compares-buffalo-mass-shooting-to-lynching\/#%E2%80%9CAndrew_Cuomo_compares_Buffalo_mass_shooting_to_lynching%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Andrew Cuomo compares Buffalo mass shooting to lynching&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAndrew_Cuomo_compares_Buffalo_mass_shooting_to_lynching%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Andrew Cuomo compares Buffalo mass shooting to lynching&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo told congregants Sunday he was \u201csickened\u201d by\u00a0the racist mass shooting\u00a0and compared it to \u201clynchings,\u201d as he made a case for bolstering federal gun control laws in his first public <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance in two months.<\/p>\n<p>During an 11-minute speech at Buffalo\u2019s True Bethel Baptist Church, the scandal-scarred former chief executive compared the massacre to the Klu Klux Klan\u2019s extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sickened by what happened here in Buffalo,\u201d he said less than two miles from the supermarket where\u00a0avowed white supremacist\u00a0teenager\u00a0Payton Gendron\u00a0allegedly\u00a0killed 10\u00a0and injured three others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so shocking, it was so sad, it was so disgusting what happened here in Buffalo,\u201d he added. \u201cMy condolences to the families of the deceased, the wounded, and I give my condolences to every black family in Buffalo, because every black family was attacked and every black family is a victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Andrew Cuomo.\" class=\"wp-image-22366867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI give my condolences to every black family in Buffalo, because every black family was attacked and every black family is a victim,\u201d former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AndrewCuomo.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gendron \u2014 an 18-year-old who posted a\u00a0white supremacist manifesto\u00a0online \u2014 shot eleven black people last week when he opened fire at Tops Friendly Market after\u00a0performing reconnaissance at the grocery\u00a0store ahead of his racially motivated rampage.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo Sunday morning said the mass shooting he is accused of committing harkens back to \u201cthe old days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are dead just because of the color of their skin,\u201d he said. \u201cIt couldn\u2019t be more ugly, because we wanted to believe that this type of activity was a stain in America\u2019s past and had no place in the present. But this race-based mass shooting goes back to the old days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Andrew Cuomo.\" class=\"wp-image-22366871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Andrew Cuomo gave an 11-minute speech at Buffalo\u2019s True Bethel Baptist Church, his first public appearance in two months.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AndrewCuomo.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like the lynchings,\u201d Cuomo went on. \u201cInstead of a noose, they use an assault rifle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYears ago, they hid under white hood; today, they hide in the anonymity of the Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The May 14 massacre, the former governor said, shows that there is a \u201ccancer\u201d that has been \u201cspreading\u201d across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must stop this cancer from spreading, and we can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo\u2019s Sunday morning address was his third public appearance since\u00a0resigning in August 2021\u00a0under\u00a0threat of impeachment\u00a0amid\u00a0several substantiated sexual harassment allegations\u00a0and other scandals.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old Democrat\u00a0emerged in March for the first time since stepping down at a Brooklyn church\u00a0to grouse about the political climate in which \u201ccancel culture\u201d has gone too far, and \u201cpolitical sharks\u201d supposedly driving him out of office. He\u00a0made a second appearance\u00a0less than two weeks later in the Bronx, where he indicated he is open to making a political comeback, declaring \u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere\u201d and that he was \u201copen to all options.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Andrew Cuomo.\" class=\"wp-image-22366874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuomo-speech-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cWe need federal action, ban these assault weapons and ban them now,\u201d Andrew Cuomo demanded.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AndrewCuomo.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But though Cuomo has delivered a pair of speeches and released multiple\u00a0campaign-style TV advertisements, he\u00a0opted not to run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary\u00a0against\u00a0Gov. Kathy Hochul. If he wants to run as an independent in the November <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election, he has until May 31 to collect and deliver the requisite petition signatures.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Cuomo gave no indication on if he will launch a potential comeback, as he lamented the \u201ctoxic\u201d nature to contemporary politics and called for stricter national gun control measures while touting\u00a0state-level gun control efforts he enacted during his time in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, we need to do something about these darn assault weapons \u2014 rifles that are designed for no other purpose except to kill the most number of human beings as quickly as possible,\u201d he said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more excuses from our elected officials. I know it\u2019s hard to ban assault weapons. We did it in New York. We passed the law. The toughest gun-safety law in the nation,\u201d he added. \u201cWe got it done, and now it\u2019s time for the federal government to get it done. State laws aren\u2019t enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe need federal action. Ban these assault weapons and ban them now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo said he hopes last weekend\u2019s racism-fueled mass shooting can prompt \u201ca moment of change so that the Tops massacre is not just another on the list, but is the last one on the list, and [so] that our brothers and sisters did not die in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also Sunday, Cuomo slammed unnamed political leaders for aligning themselves with racist extremists and \u201cfanning the flames of hate\u201d like segregationist Bull Connor of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are purposely fomenting hate groups by saying blacks and Latinos and immigrants are here to replace the whites,\u201d he said, referring to the \u201creplacement theory\u201d that undergirded the shooter\u2019s twisted beliefs. \u201cAnd an elected official who supports these groups is no better than a modern day Bull Connor.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Andrew Cuomo told congregants Sunday he was \u201csickened\u201d by\u00a0the racist mass shooting\u00a0and compared it to \u201clynchings,\u201d as he made a case for bolstering federal gun control laws in his first public appearance in two months. 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