Cuomo rips fellow Dems for putting up ‘incapable’ Joe Biden in 2024: ‘Where was everyone?’

Nypost · May 25, 2026 · 458 words · By Carl Campanile; Craig McCarthy

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Cuomo rips fellow Dems for putting up ‘incapable’ Joe Biden in 2024: ‘Where was everyone?’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Cuomo rips fellow Dems for putting up ‘incapable’ Joe Biden in 2024: ‘Where was everyone?’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Andrew Cuomo ripped the Democratic Party on Sunday for letting physically and mentally feeble President Joe Biden run for re-election — before replacing him with the disastrous Kamala Harris.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The draft by former Bill Clinton strategist Paul Rivera notably didn’t even mention Biden’s own clear mental and physical decline.”

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Wikipedia directly states that the DNC autopsy report was created by Paul Rivera.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The murder of Seth Rich occurred on July 10, 2016, at 4:20 a.m. in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Rich died about an hour and a half after being shot twice in the back. The perpetra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Seth_Rich

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held on February 25, 2017, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta to determine the next chairperson of the Democratic National …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The "Build to Win. Build to Last." report, colloquially known as the DNC autopsy, released in May 2026, is a report created by Paul Rivera that details possible reasons for Vice President Kamala Harri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNC_autopsy

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Claim 2: “Cuomo said on WABC radio’s “The Pulse of the People” show.”

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While the general claims about Cuomo's comments are corroborated, the specific detail about the WABC radio show 'The Pulse of the People' is only found in the provided search snippets that mirror the claim's phrasing; no independent secondary confirmation of the specific venue was found in the other evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 2025. Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the election with 50.78% of the vote, defeating Republican activist Curtis Sliw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_mayoral_ele…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA), colloquially known as LaGuardia or LGA, is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, United States, situated on the northwestern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served since January 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Social…
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Claim 3: “not doing enough to counter Harris’ ineffective resume as “border czar.””

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Multiple sources confirm that Kamala Harris was referred to as 'border czar' (though often as a political label by Republicans or a description of her task to address root causes of migration).

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 31, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris, tasked to deal with the root causes of migration from Central America as illegal border crossings were rising ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-call-harris-fai…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kamala Devi Harris (/ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 5, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris might soon get a new official title: 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. In the meantime, Republicans have ...Missing: served | Show results with:served
https://19thnews.org/2024/08/border-czar-kamala-harris-immig…

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Claim 4: “Democratic ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo ripped the Democratic Party on Sunday for letting physically and mentally feeble President Joe Biden run for re-election”

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Multiple web search results from different news sources confirm that Andrew Cuomo criticized the Democratic Party for allowing Joe Biden to run for re-election, specifically using terms like 'physically and mentally feeble'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mario Matthew Cuomo (, Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈkwɔːmo]; June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1995…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Cuomo

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Party primary for the 2025 New York City mayoral election took place on June 24, 2025. Voters ranked up to five candidates using ranked-choice voting. The early voting period began on J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_Democratic_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Mark Cuomo ( KWOH-moh; born December 6, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 until his resignation in 2021 following numerous sexual …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo

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Claim 5: “It also failed to address Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz being picked as Harris’ eventual running mate”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was selected as Kamala Harris's running mate in August 2024.

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 1, 2024 · Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was selected as the running mate for Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Here's a look at his ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/who-is-tim-walz-kamal…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 6, 2024 · Walz signed legislation allowing illegal aliens to get driver's licenses and title vehicles. Walz opened an "Office of New Americans," which ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/vice-president-kamala-har…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 7, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate for the 2024 presidential election. 4 ...
https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?23063

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Claim 6: “the shift in the party regarding Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.”

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Four independent cross-references (Al Jazeera, Jpost, France24) confirm the Hamas-led attacks on Israel occurred on October 7, 2023.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/israeli-lawmakers-a…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — On October 7, 2023, the bottom fell out of our world
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-895043

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The October ceasefire followed more than two years of war triggered by the Palestinian Hamas movement's October 7, 2023 cross-border attack on Israel.
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260415-israeli-fir…

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Claim 7: “Cuomo, a recent failed New York City mayoral candidate”

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Wikipedia for the 2025 New York City mayoral election confirms that Andrew Cuomo ran in the election (referred to as 'independent former Democratic governor Andre[w]' in the results section).

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Claim 8: “Cuomo was jumping on the anti-party-leadership bandwagon as part of the fallout over a recently surfaced internal party autopsy of the Democrats’ 2024 election debacle.”

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Multiple web search results mention the release of an internal Democratic Party 'autopsy' report regarding the 2024 election and Cuomo's reaction to it.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of candidates associated with the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2024 United States presidential election. By March 2024, more than 190 candidates had fil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_presiden…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From January 23 to June 8, 2024, presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select delegates to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2024 United States…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_State…

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Claim 9: “a controversial draft of a report commissioned by the Democratic National Committee about the election was released last week”

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Wikipedia explicitly mentions the 'Build to Win. Build to Last.' report, colloquially known as the DNC autopsy, and web search results confirm the DNC released a draft of the report.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention in which delegates of the United States Democratic Party voted on their party platform and ceremonially …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_National_Conve…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal executive leadership board of the United States's Democratic Party. According to the party charter, it has "general responsibility for the affa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chair of the Democratic National Committee is the party chair of the Democratic Party. The chair manages the day-to-day affairs and operations of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), prepares …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chairs_of_the_Democrat…

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Claim 10: “Rivera did knock the Biden team for not conducting polling before having him drop out”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Paul Rivera's draft criticized the Biden team for not conducting polling before Biden dropped out.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Democratic National Committee’s examination of what went wrong in the 2024 election is expected to mostly steer clear of the decisions made by the Biden-turned-Harris campaign and will focus more …
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/democrats-202…

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web search NEUTRAL — The report, drafted by former Bill Clinton strategist Paul Rivera, slams Team Biden for not conducting advanced polling on Harris before Biden pulled the plug on his own campaign and backed his veep.
https://www.silive.com/politics/2026/05/heres-who-mind-boggl…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rivera did knock the Biden team for not conducting polling before having him drop out and not doing enough to counter Harris’ ineffective resume as “border czar.” President Biden speaks at the NAACP N…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/us-news/cuomo-rips-fellow-dems…

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