Democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is coming under fire for using the N-word live on the radio. The use of the slur came as he compared the discrimination that some cultures face to what his Italian ancestors had to deal with when they first arrived in the U.S.

The left leaning Governor was asked about the controversy surrounding fellow Italian Christopher Columbus and how people are now celebrating “Indigenous People’s Day” instead of Columbus Day.

Cuomo said, ‘They used an expression that southern Italians were called, I believe they were saying southern Italians – Sicilians; I’m half Sicilian – were called quote on quote, pardon my language but I’m just quoting the Times, “n**r Wops. N-word Wops,” as a derogatory comment.”

He immediately started to walk back the comment yet ended up digging his hole even deeper saying, “When I said ‘wop’ is a derogatory comment, that’s when the Times Union told me, no you should look in Wikipedia. ‘Wop’ really meant a dandy. I’m sure that’s what they were saying to me back in Queens. You’re a dandy, when they looked at me with scorn and gave me a hand gesture and called me a Wop. So that’s the New York Times.”

The racist blunder comes shortly after his brother offended the gay community while making a joke at a Democratic presidential candidate LGBTQ Town Hall. In response to Kamala Harris stating that her pronouns were she/her/hers the CNN host quipped, “mine too!” This did NOT go over well with the liberal crowd and Cuomo immediately apologized for the joke.