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Andrew Cuomo: “A lot of the mainstream Democrats are afraid of the left.”

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Zohran Mamdani calls Stephen A LIVE to push back on Andrew Cuomo's statements. Cuomo interview

Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:55

All my life I was a crazy liberal son of a crazy liberal. But the world shifted so fast that now I'm a moderate. Okay? So it's the far left versus the moderate. A lot of the mainstream Democrats are afraid of the left. So they think they're going to make peace by endorsing Zoran and they're going to buy peace with the far left. I have news for them. (14:55–15:00)

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