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Andrew Cuomo: “He sent the national guard into 20 cities at that time…”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Andrew Cuomo on "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, September 8, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 07:57

You covered many of them. I was governor, he was president. We went through Covid together and we, they were battle royales. And He sent the national guard into 20 cities at that time, never into New York because I stopped him. I think Mamdani would be his dream as mayor because then it wouldn't just be President Trump, it would be Mayor Trump. (07:57–08:06)

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Asserts that Cuomo stopped Trump from sending the national guard into New York.

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