NY State Dems imply Cynthia Nixon 'anti-Semitic,' prompting outrage, denials [View all]

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Source: New York Post

Eleventh-hour campaign mailings from the New York State Democratic Committee imply Cynthia Nixon is anti-Semitic — prompting an online maelstrom of outrage and denials Saturday night, with Gov. Cuomo and the state party calling the mailer a “mistake.”

“With anti-Semitism and bigotry on the rise, we can’t take a chance with inexperienced Cynthia Nixon,” reads the mailer, which says it was paid for by the New York State Democratic Committee.

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Cuomo spokeswoman Lis Smith tweeted at 5:30 p.m. that the governor “didn’t approve of or have any knowledge of the mailer.”

Soon afterward, the committee’s executive director, Geoff Berman, tweeted that the mailer was “a mistake and is inappropriate.”

Read more: https://nypost.com/2018/09/09/ny-state-dems-call-cynthia-nixon-anti-semitic-prompting-outrage-denials/

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I dunno, Cuomo is acting as if he's actually worried.