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Andrew Cuomo: “I think it [woke] has hurt the Democratic Party, not just…”

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

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Really, since Bloomberg? Well, I think the woke. It depends on how you define woke. But if you mean woke to mean a hypersensitivity to superficiality, then, yes, I think it [woke] has hurt the Democratic Party, not just because it's a hypersensitivity that caters to the few, but because the party has missed the big issues. Right. We're in New York City and, yeah, Zoran will talk about woke issues. I want to talk about affordable housing. I want to talk about I'm afraid to have my daughter on the train, the subway. (12:06–12:23)

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Asserts that the focus on 'woke' issues has hurt the Democratic Party by missing larger issues.

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