Gov. Andrew Cuomo reminds Trump voters 'they are immigrants too'

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) wondered aloud at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night whether Republicans voting for Donald Trump "are suffering from short-term memory loss." "Unless Republicans are all Native Americans, then they are immigrants too," Cuomo said, slamming Trump's "divisive" immigration policy proposals.

What Trump is doing by inspiring a fear of "people who are different," Cuomo said, is essentially taking America's "greatest strength, which is our our diversity," and making it into a "weakness." "At stake in this election, my friends, is the very soul of America," Cuomo said.

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