Gov. Cuomo tried to make political hay out of the GOP tax-cut plan by launching one of his sanctimonious lectures against Republicans. But this time, he got caught.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, the gov ripped into the four New York House Republicans who voted for the plan, calling them “treasonous” because the bill scraps the deduction for state and local taxes (SALT). Losing that write-off will hit some New Yorkers hard because state and local taxes here are so high.
Cuomo claimed that he’d spoken to “all” the Republicans and “they all had the same line, which was, ‘Well, you know, my political leaders are forcing me to vote for it.’ ” His message to them: “You don’t work for your political leaders. You work for the people who elected you.”
One huge problem: Three of those Republicans say they never spoke with Cuomo. And the one who did said the issue of pressure never came up.
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