(NY Post) Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged Monday that the Democratic Party’s response to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic remarks was “muted” because too many of the party’s officials are fearful of retribution.
“You’ve had on the Democratic side voices of anti-Semitism. And I think some people were reluctant to vociferously stand up and condemn it because the whole political environment is so charged now,” Cuomo said on WAMC radio.
Cuomo was asked about the watered-down resolution passed by the House that condemned all forms of bigotry, not just anti-Semitism.
“Whatever you say, you’re going to get criticized by the other side … It was muted. It was muted because too many people feared the retaliation of this reptilian political moment, right? Lash out or run away,” Cuomo said.
