Andrew Cuomo slams 'defund the police' movement in fiery church speech: 'Dumbest words ever uttered'

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed progressive policies and defended instrumentality enforcement successful an ardent code against far-left authorities connected Sunday.

Speaking astatine Bedford Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York, Cuomo began by endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the upcoming statesmanlike election, calling her "smart and qualified."

"She is going to unite the Democrats," the erstwhile person said. "She's going to bring a caller energy. And due to the fact that the hostile is Donald Trump and we've seen that and we're not going backmost determination again."

But the Democrat noted that Harris getting into bureau wouldn't "solve each our problems" due to the fact that authorities "isn't moving for radical connected a precise basal level," and launched into a six-minute rant against progressive politics.

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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo slammed progressive policies during a code successful Brooklyn connected Sunday. (Getty mages)

"Things are getting worse, not better," Cuomo continued. "And I deliberation it's clip that we instrumentality a caller look and instrumentality a caller position erstwhile we look astatine what's going on."

"Today, we person a large governmental statement connected the Democratic side: Who is much progressive?" helium added. "I don't adjacent deliberation they cognize what the connection means, progressive. You cannot beryllium a progressive if you don't marque progress."

Cuomo, who served arsenic NYC governor from 2011 to 2021, said that the U.S. was "going backwards" acknowledgment to progressive policies.

"Some radical deliberation it's progressive to say, ‘Defund the police,’" helium noted. "Yes, successful theory, if everybody had an acquisition and everybody had a job, cipher would request to perpetrate a crime. I get the theory, but it's not that simple."

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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed a religion work Sunday successful Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

"'Defund the police' are the 3 dumbest words ever uttered successful politics," Cuomo added.

Cuomo besides called retired the migrant contented successful New York City, saying that the authorities "can't conscionable person 100,000 migrants coming into New York City and lone New York City."

"Nowhere other successful the authorities of New York, lone New York City," the Democrat stated. "And permission it each up to New York City to wage for hotels, wage for wellness care, implicit $10 billion. No program by the national government, nary existent assistance from the state."

Cuomo past encouraged the assemblage to "forget the labels" and retrieve to ballot successful November.

A subordinate holding a Black Lives Matter motion astatine the protestation successful 2020. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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"Remember the lone questions that matter: Who is going to assistance you and your household and who is going to get the occupation done?" helium concluded.