BUFFALO—A couple hundred people—many of them union members—gathered outside the entrances to WNED-TV in Buffalo Wednesday evening, where some of them clashed over their gubernatorial preferences and Gov. Andrew Cuomo greeted supporters on his way in.
The four-way gubernatorial debate is scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. and will be broadcast live on PBS television stations across the state, as well as BuffaloNews.com.
Prior to the debate, a crowd of Cuomo supporters, many of whom belong to a local laborers union, gathered near the station’s parking lot, with Cuomo briefly exiting his vehicle on the way in to shake hands as cameras clicked away.
A few dozen protesters gathered out front, some of them supporters of Republican candidate Rob Astorino and a handful of others calling for a ban on hydraulic fracturing.
At one point, disparate groups of protesters were directly facing each other (see photo) chanting opposing phrases, with Astorino supporters calling Cuomo a “tyrant” and Cuomo boosters cheering the Buffalo Billion.
“Cuomo’s a tyrant!” one side chanted. “Cuomo’s gotta go!”
“When I say Buffalo, you say Billion,” the other side chanted.
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Cuomo at one point stated he was a practicing Roman Catholic Then on the issue of abortion stated that he must put his job before his faith. Has this man no morality at all that he turns his back on his faith and the teachings of his church just for a few votes? I am sorry I ever voted for this coward
Religion has got no place in USA government or politics. Separation of church and state is the motto. Religion is a personal matter. Politics and the business of governing should not include personal opinions on religion.
Christ and the church teaches that we obey gods laws above mans. If Cuomo was a devout roman catholic as he claims then he would not e for abortion let alone late term abortion where live children have there sculls crushed and throats cut while still in the womb. http://www.videosoflatetermabortion.com