Andrew Cuomo: the central message of The Power Broker is that Robert Moses was a wonderful role model
It’s like, how much more Andrew Cuomo could this be? And the answer is “none”:
Andrew Cuomo saw a copy of The Power Broker and thought, “wow that’s a big book. Caro must be a huge fan of Robert Moses!” https://t.co/PevKHX2clV pic.twitter.com/3ga4GpkPJM— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) August 14, 2021
Just a breathtaking amount of narcissism and arrogance, although — or probably more accurately because — he’s a consummate mediocrity who attained positions of power because his dad was the governor. But wasting an afternoon Caro could have spent writing Vol. 5 of the LBJ bio engaging in a one-way lecture which demonstrated that he either hadn’t read Caro’s book or didn’t understand it is a war crime.