As he navigates the coronavirus crisis in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo has become the subject of strict excited talk about a late run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
But on Monday night, after a day in which cases and deaths in the state rose steeply and a massive US Navy hospital ship arrived in New York City harbor, he had a simple answer for his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.
Will he run?
“ No. No. ”
Not that the governor’s brother was prepared to take no answer for an answer – however many times, or however bluntly, it was offered.
during an uproarious Fox & Friends interview if he thought Andrew Cuomo, , should have a go at depriving Joe Biden, the probable Democratic nominee, of his shot at the White House.
“So he weaponizes it,” the younger Cuomo said, “and says,‘ You know what he should do, he should run for president, this guy, Cuomo. He’d be better than Biden, this guy Cuomo. But I’d beat him, too. ’”
“Let me ask you something. With all of this adulation that you’re getting for doing your job, are you thinking about running for president? Tell the audience. ”
No, ”said Governor Cuomo. “No.”
Then the two Italian American brothers indulged their developing habit of bickering endearingly on prime time TV:
Chris Cuomo: No, you won’t answer?
Andrew Cuomo: No. I answered. The answer is no.
Chris Cuomo: No, you’re not thinking about it?
Andrew Cuomo: I answered the question, sometimes it’s one word. I said no.
Chris Cuomo: Have you thought about it?
Andrew Cuomo: No.
Chris Cuomo: Are you open to thinking about it?
Andrew Cuomo: No.
Chris Cuomo: Might you think about it at some point?
Andrew Cuomo: No. No.
Chris Cuomo: No, you won’t answer?
Andrew Cuomo: No, I answered. The answer is no. No is sometimes one word. I said no.
Chris Cuomo: Have you thought about it?
Andrew Cuomo: No.
Chris Cuomo: Are you open to thinking about it?
Andrew Cuomo: No.
Chris Cuomo: Might you think about it at some point?
Andrew Cuomo: No.
Chris Cuomo: How can you know what you might think about at some point right now?
Chris Cuomo: Appreciate it. Learned from the best.
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