Cuomo's 'Not that Great' Faux Pas: A Reminder of America’s Historic Failures to Live Up to Its Own Ideals

Most citizens since Sacheen Littlefeather refused Marlon Brando's Oscar almost a half-century ago or watched the tv mini-series Roots a few years later would agree with Cuomo's full quote: "We're not going to make America great again, it was never that great." So why did Cuomo quickly recant?