A prospective candidate for Governor made an odd claim on Wednesday. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that America has never been great.

According to Fox News:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have just handed Republicans a ready-made campaign ad for his rumored 2020 presidential bid – by declaring Wednesday that America “was never that great.” 

The Democratic star made the seemingly offhand remark as part of his rebuke of President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan during a bill-signing in New York. But the line drew gasps from the crowd.  

“We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great,” Cuomo said, to an awkward blend of gasps and chuckles. 

“We have not reached greatness, we will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged, we will reach greatness when discrimination and stereotyping against women, 51 percent of our population, is gone and every woman’s full potential is realized and unleashed and every woman is making her full contribution,” he said. 

This surely won’t help him in a presidential race. The New York governor tried to walk back the claims, but it sure sounded like he meant it.