WILL THERE BE A PRIMARY CHALLENGER FOR NEW YORK'S
GOVERNOR CUOMO?
WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE BUT WE ARE GETTING SOME
INTERESTING INSIGHT INTO THE POSSIBILITY, AND THIS COMES FROM
OUR TYT POLITICS REPORTER NOMIKI KONST GOT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH
BILL DE BLASIO OF NEW YORK CITY AND HE HAD SOMETHING INTERESTING
TO SAY.
WHAT IF SOMEONE DECIDED THEY WOULD RUN AGAINST CUOMO AS A
PROGRESSIVE?
I THINK THERE WILL BE A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, I THINK IT
WILL BE SPIRITED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE
DISCUSSED.
IT'S EARLY.
IT'S EARLY STILL.
BUT I'M SAYING I DON'T THINK THIS IS
OVER, I THINK INEVITABLY THERE WILL BE A PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE PARTY, AND
THE STATE.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO ASK SOME TOUGH
QUESTIONS, AND WANT THERE TO BE THAT DEBATE.
I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A DEBATE OVER THE FUTURE OF THE
PARTY IN THIS STATE, AND I DON'T THINK THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN
QUIET UP TO NOW MEANS THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
THAT WOUND UP BEING HUGE NEWS IN NEW YORK, AND GREAT WORK BY
NOMIKI KONST, SHE'S THE FIRST REPORTER WE HIRED WHEN WE DID
THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FUNDRAISING POWERED BY OUR
AUDIENCE.
THE NEW YORK POST HAS NOW PICKED IT UP, MANY OTHER
OUTLETS HAVE, AND ANDREW CUOMO WAS ASKED ABOUT IT IN A PRESS
CONFERENCE AND HE ALREADY HAD TO REACT TO IT.
AND THEY ASKED HIM LOOK, ALL OF A SUDDEN DEBLASIO FOR THE FIRST
TIME SAYING YOU LIKELY WILL GET A PRIMARY CHALLENGER.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
AND DO YOU THINK THAT PERHAPS DEBLASIO IS BEHIND CYNTHIA NIXON
CONSIDERING A RUN, SHE HAS A ACTRESS AND PROGRESSIVE
ACTIVIST AND HAS RECENTLY SPOKEN OUT AGAINST CUOMO.
WE WILL GET THAT IN A SECOND.
CUOMO RESPONDED, "I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY EITHER THE MAYOR
OF NEW YORK OR VLADIMIR PUTIN," AND THEN CHUCKLED
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES.
NICE LITTLE PUTIN REFERENCE THERE BUT LOOK, NOMIKI ASKED,
WE GOT AN ANSWER AND DEBLASIO DOES NOT HIDE THE FACT THAT THEY
DO NOT AGREE AND SO IT APPEARS THAT HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO A
PRIMARY CHALLENGER FOR CUOMO AND BY THE WAY, NOMIKI'S WHOLE
INTERVIEW WITH HIM IS GOING TO BE UP IN A SERIES FORM ON
YOUTUBE.COM/TYTPOLITICS.
YOU WANT TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT?
YES.
THEY'RE GOING TO WIDEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATE
OF THE PARTY AND THE SORTS OF CANDIDATES THEY MIGHT BEGIN
NOMINATING IN THE NEXT GO ROUND, THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
YOU SEE IT IN THIS CLIP.
I THINK PROGRESSIVES ARE ASCENDED IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
I FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL
NOMINATE A PROGRESSIVE FOR PRESIDENT.
THE ENERGY IS IN THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THE PARTY.
THE FOLKS WHO ARE RUNNING, THE FOLKS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING, THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING UP TO VOTE, IT IS ALL COMING FROM ONE
PLACE.
THE NOTION OF THE PARTY AS THE THING IT WAS ALLOWED
TO BE FOR SO LONG, THAT'S DYING QUICKLY.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY HEALTHY BUT I THINK EVERYONE IS
GOING TO BE HELD TO THE STANDARD SO ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY CAN
RUN IN 2020
AS A MODERATE OR THEY CAN AVOID DEFINITION IS SORELY MISTAKEN.
I THINK THAT IS RELEVANT TO NEW YORK.
HE IS NOT JUST SAYING THAT IN A VACUUM.
HE IS SAYING ALL OF THE ENERGY'S ON THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE,
WINK WINK, SOMEONE MIGHT RUN AS A PROGRESSIVE
AGAINST CUOMO BUT ALSO VERY RELEVANT AS THE NATIONAL
LEVEL AND I THINK HIS ASSESSMENT THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
SOME MIGHT SAY THAT IT IS SELF-SERVING BECAUSE HE IS
ON THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE BUT I DO NOT THINK SO.
I THINK HE HAS CORRECTLY ASSESSED, I RECENTLY TALKED
TO A CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF OBAMA VOLUNTEERS AND BERNIE
VOLUNTEERS IN THE OBAMA VOLUNTEERS WON'T DO
ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT TO
SEE IF HE HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING WHEREAS THE BERNIE
VOLUNTEERS ARE ALREADY IN THE STREETS.
WHERE DO WE GO?
WHAT DOORS WE KNOCK ON, AND WE CALL?
YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE HIS CHANCES?
BY DOING SOMETHING.
WHEN THEY SEE THINGS LIKE ENERGY, THAT IS PART OF
WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT AND IT IS REAL.
PEOPLE ARE ENERGIZED DOCUMENTS GO TELL OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT
IT, THEY WANT TO VOLUNTEER INTO GRASSROOTS EFFORTS AND
EVENTUALLY VOTE.
THOSE GUYS ARE MORE ENERGIZED TO SHOW UP IN PRIMARIES AND IN THE
2020 ELECTION, SO I THINK DIBLASIO IS EXACTLY RIGHT THERE.
BY THE WAY, THAT PORTION OF THE INTERVIEW AND IS ENTIRELY WILL
BE IN A LINK BELOW ON YOUTUBE IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX
AND THE WHOLE SERIES WILL BE ON TYT
POLITICS BUT ONE MORE VIDEO FOR YOU GUYS.
IF YOU DON'T EVER CYNTHIA NIXON TALKING ABOUT CUOMO AND
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TALKING ASKING ABOUT NIXON IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH CUOMO, HERE'S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY
ABOUT IT BACK THEN.
ARE YOU GOING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR?
LOOK AT ONE OF US DIRECTLY AND I'VE YOU ARE.
I GOT IT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE ME
TO RUN, AND I THINK FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT I THINK
THE NUMBER ONE IS EDUCATION AND GOVERNOR CUOMO LIKES TO SAY THAT
WE SPEND MORE PER PUPIL THAN ANY OTHER STATE AND THAT IS ACTUALLY
TRUE, BUT THE ONLY REASON THAT IS TRUE IS BECAUSE WE SPEND SO
MUCH ON THE KIDS AND OUR WEALTHIEST DISTRICTS, SO
THAT HUMANS OUT.
NOT ONLY ME, PARENTS ALL ACROSS NEW YORK STATE TALK
TO ME ABOUT THIS.
AND THEIR SHE SAID PEOPLE HAVE ENCOURAGED ME TO RUN, NOW
BASED ON THIS REPORTING, SPECULATION GOING ALL THE WAY TO
THE GOVERNOR THAT DIBLASIO WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
ENCOURAGING IT.
THEY ARE FRIENDS AND ALLIES.
I DO NOT THINK THAT NECESSARILY PROVES THE CASE, BUT THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE ANDREW CUOMO PRIMARY
BY A PROGRESSIVE, SO DIBLASIO IS NOT ALONE
IN THAT.