This Thanksgiving, don’t be dumb or hypocritical like Andrew Cuomo

Published November 23, 2020 10:09pm ET



After months of locking all the old folks in nursing homes to die and shutting down all the bars and synagogues in the Empire State, the totally not anti-Semitic Andrew Cuomo aimed his fire on a new target: Thanksgiving. For weeks, the governor has waged war on the upcoming holiday, forbidding indoor gatherings of more than 10 people and warning New Yorkers to cancel Thanksgiving festivities altogether.

“My personal advice is you don’t have a family gathering, even for Thanksgiving,” Cuomo pontificated late last month. “My personal advice is the best way to say, ‘I love you’ this Thanksgiving, the best way to say, ‘I’m thankful for you’ is to say, ‘I love you so much, I’m so thankful for you that I don’t want to endanger you, and I don’t want to endanger our family, and I don’t want to endanger our friends, so we’ll celebrate virtually.'”

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