Cynthia Nixon Debated Famously Angry Andrew Cuomo and Got Smeared as Too Angry to Be Governor

When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo debated progressive challenger Cynthia Nixon on Wednesday night, the prevailing vibe was tense. Nixon, who is running against Cuomo for the Democratic nomination ahead of the Sept. 13 primary, called the governor a “corrupt, corporate Democrat” ill-equipped to battle the “corrupt, corporate Republican in the White House,” as Cuomo has promised to do. Later, he accused the actress of living “in the world of fiction,” while he lives “in the world of fact.”

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