NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo once compared himself to the violent son in The Godfather, The New York Times reports. As he battles six different misconduct accusations, a former aide told the Times about an instance in 2006 when Cuomo seemed to be proud of how uncomfortable he could make people.
“I loom over that table… In their minds, I’m Sonny Corleone, and I’m capable of anything,” he reportedly told the aide.
Years later, in 2019, his younger brother, Chris, made headlines after “losing his cool” when somebody called him “Fredo,” an allusion to the weak, cowardly brother in The Godfather.
A Cuomo spokesman denied the governor had ever made a Godfather reference, calling it “an anti-Italian, bigoted, false, defamatory statement.”
Read more at The New York Times.
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Rats abandoning the sinking ship?
I’m No fan of Governor Dope, but still, i can’t get over What incredibly honorable people these scoundrels at the times are (sarcasm intended)
Fredo.
Thanks for the tip to watch godfather. Wow I learned and saw a lot of things there that I never learned in yeshiva. Thank you so much for posting this.