Andrew M. Cuomo against his challenger, Cynthia Nixon, featured its fair share of brickbats and bon mots. Here’s a quick look at some of the candidates’ statements, and when they may have stretched the truth. The Cuomo-Trump relationshipMr. Cuomo has seemingly sought to make the race less about Ms. Nixon and more about President Trump, who has dismal approval ratings in his home state. Indeed, the two men have known each other for decades — Mr. Trump even recorded a video for the governor’s 1990 bachelor party — and Mr. Trump has given tens of thousands of dollars to the governor’s political campaigns. Mr. Cuomo has declined to return those donations, saying he wants to use the money to fight the president’s agenda, earning Ms. Nixon’s scorn.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2018 01:17 UTC