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Andrew Cuomo: “You have to go out there and make the trains run and make…”

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

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Stephen A. Smith Joins Andrew Cuomo | The Pulse of the People

Published | Video Starts at 20:14

They don't have the first idea about governing. They don't know that you're supposed to be governing. They think it's all political theater and performative and rhetorical. No, it's not. You have to go out there and make the trains run and make the buses run. God forbid Covid happens. You have to figure out how to mobilize an entire health system overnight. These are complicated issues. You never ran a candy store. You're now going to run a city, you're going to run a state, you're going to run a country. (20:14–20:25)

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