New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) made an impromptu trip to Israel on Sunday, during which he spoke out against hate and discrimination at a time when anti-Semitic incidents are on a rapid rise in the United States.
“You must live by the rules that an abuse to one, and an affront to one, is an affront to all and that large fires start as small fires,” said Cuomo during a news conference. “And we must have zero tolerance for any abuse or discrimination about any fellow human being.”
“In New York now and in the United States we’ve had a rash of anti-Semitism, over 100 acts of anti-Semitism, and I’m sad to say also in my state, the state of New York. It is disgusting, it is reprehensible, it violates every tenet of the New York state tradition.”
