Democrats cannot rely on investigations and impeachment to topple Donald Trump and must instead beat the Republican president �on the merits,� New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
While the governor said ongoing state and federal investigations mean that Trump�s legal jeopardy is not over, Cuomo said it won�t be enough for his party to recapture the White House next year.
Cuomo predicted Trump and Republicans would seize on the Mueller report as a weapon against Democrats.
�The president isn�t out of the woods, certainly from legal trouble,� Cuomo said on WAMC radio. �… I think you�re going to see Trump use the bully pulpit – with some justification – saying this was a tremendous waste of time and money and resources.�
Cuomo was mentioned as a possible presidential candidate until he took his name out of the running, saying he plans to finish his third term. He�s praised former Vice President Joe Biden�s potential as a candidate, though Biden has yet to announce a campaign.
Democrats can beat Trump by debating him on policies important to every day Americans and showing they�re more capable as leaders, Cuomo said.
�Just being anti-Trump is not going to be enough to win the election,� he said. �We should beat him on the merits, because he�s wrong on the merits.�
(AP)
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Well maybe the governor should have a little talk with Letitia James and explain to her what he just said.
Won’t Cuomo be ostracized by the rest of the Democrats for such heresey? To a committed Democrat, saying Trump is merely mistaken on policy, rather than saying he is the “devil incarnate” (a Christian cultural concept referring to the ultimate evil), is blasphemy.