"You're never going to divide us and you're never going to separate us and we celebrate our diversity. We are black and white and brown and we are all together. And we love that we are gay and straight and brothers and sisters. And we love that we are upstate and downstate. And we are one state. And we are unified. And we believe in commonality. And we believe in community. And we believe that our diversity makes us stronger. You're never going to divide us."
- Andrew Cuomo at the rally in Brooklyn
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