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Andrew Cuomo's "As a New Yorker..." Quote

Andrew Cuomo's "As a New Yorker..." Quote

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Andrew Cuomo's "As a New Yorker…" Quote refers to jokes made about New York State governor Andrew Cuomo attempting to state that he represented the diverse population of Nwe York by saying, "As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York​." Though the quote was stated in 2017, jokes about it appeared over a year, starting April 19th, 2018, after it appeared in a popular tweet parodying the statement. Some users assumed the quote was recent and was said as a result of Cynthia Nixon's Gubernatorial Campaign, which challenges Cuomo from the political left.

Origin

On January 29th, 2017, Cuomo delivered a speech in which he stated "As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York​." The moment was tweeted from his official Twitter account (shown below).




Spread

On April 19th, 2018, the tweet began circulating again following a tweet by Twitter user and New Yorker employee Talia Lavin[1] parodying Cuomo's statement, gaining over 620 retweets and 3,000 likes.


Talia Lavin Ф @chick_in_kiev Follow As a New Yorker, I am a bodega sandwich. I am a subway rat. I am a goat cheese wheel from Murray's. I am a saw mill in Albany. I am the Corning glass museum. I am lichen on the gorges of Ithaca. I am an incomprehensible New School philosophy thesis. I am a Martin Scorsese movie. Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York. 0 3:26 PM - 19 Apr 2018

After that tweet spread, several Twitter users joked in a similar fashion. Many users made the joke with the lyrics to "I'm a Bitch" by Meredith Brooks. User Eve Peyser made the joke and gained over 170 retweets and 1,000 likes in less than an hour (shown below, left). User @mekosoff made the joke and gained over 110 retweets and 730 likes (shown below, right).


eve peyser Ф @evepeyser Following "I'm a bitch. I'm a lover. I'm a child. I'm a mother. l'm a sinner. l'm a saint," the governor then said. ひ Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0 maya kosoff e @mekosoff Follow I'm a bitch. I'm a lover. I'm a child. I'm a mother. I'm a sinner. I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream. I'm nothing in between. You know you Wouldn't want it any other way. Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay.I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0 4:30 PM - 19 Apr 2018

Other Twitter users joked about the tweet by including various other lists. User @BarstoolNewsN joked about the tweet by writing the lyrics to The Fairly Oddparents, gaining over 50 retweets and 260 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @HashtagGriswold did the joke with the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (shown below, right).


Barstool News Network @BarstoolNewsN BNN Follow l am Obtuse, I am a rubber goose, l am a green moose, I'm guava juice, I'm a Giant snake, I'm a birthday cake, l'm large fries, l'm a chocolate shake Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York. 0 Alex Griswold @HashtagGriswold "I'm a mulatto, I'm an albino, l'm a mosquito, I'm a women trying to control my libido." Follow Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0 4:57 PM - 19 Apr 2018

Various Examples


Liz Mair @LizMair Follow Cynthia Nixon really is scaring the living s--- out of you, isn't she? Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0 4:59 PM - 19 Apr 2018 , Ben Collins Follow @oneunderscore As a New Yorker, I am 40 minutes late to dinner because the F is running on the E line. Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York. 0 jon gabriel @exjon Follow I am Miranda, Carrie, Charlotte, and Samatha. Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0 Matthew Goodkin-Gold @RealCFPBDrector Followv Andrew Cuomo: "I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman..." Big if true. Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0 Ken @ken_chappell Follow "I am the rat in the subway, I'm the weird brown liquid pouring from the apartment upstairs..." Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0 4:34 PM - 19 Apr 2018 pasta enthusiast @pasta_ben Follow ) cool cynthia nixon is actually 2/5 of those Andrew Cuomo@NYGovCuomo Replying to @NYGovCuomo As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. I am Black. I am gay. I am a woman seeking to control her body. We are one New York 0

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