MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough ripped New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as “out of bounds” for his recent comments about President Trump that some interpreted as threatening.
“Governor Cuomo’s statement on Trump was inappropriate and out of bounds,” the “Morning Joe” co-host tweeted to his 2.7 million followers Thursday night. “He should apologize and walk back his statement immediately.”
Mr. Cuomo slammed Mr. Trump on Wednesday after the president signed a memo ordering the Justice Department to provide a list of cities that have allowed looting and rioting to persist and for his budget director to try to figure out ways to pull some federal money from those places, specifically New York City, D.C., Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
Mr. Cuomo said that the memo was “illegal” and another attempt to “punish” New York City.
“He can’t have enough bodyguards to walk through New York City,” the governor said Wednesday night. “Forget bodyguards, he better have an army if he thinks he’s going to walk down the streets in New York.
“He is persona non grata in New York City, and I think he knows that, and he’ll never come back to New York, because New Yorkers will never forget how gratuitously mean he has been,” he said.
A gubernatorial spokesperson later clarified Mr. Cuomo did not mean the president faced potential harm in the city, but was simply illustrating how unwelcome he would be if he came back, Politico reported.
