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Michael Blake: “Andrew Cuomo said out of his mouth at a press conference…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Michael Blake Discusses New York City Mayoral Candidacy and Policy Proposals on The Breakfast Club

Published | Video Starts at 13:52

How do y' all get around that in this race? Because people here defund the police and they don't understand what you just said to me. And I remind them that in 2020, Andrew Cuomo said out of his mouth at a press conference that defund the police is a legitimate movement. Andrew Cuomo is hoping folks have amnesia. So I'm going to help remind him that Obamacare can help him with that. He gets real confused about things. (13:52–13:58)

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Asserts that Andrew Cuomo publicly stated that defunding the police is a legitimate movement.

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