Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he honors the result of the presidential election, but will fight against the "hateful attitudes" that he said pervaded the campaign, like white nationalism, misogyny and xenophobia.
Cuomo released an open letter Sunday expressing his thoughts on the election won by Donald Trump. The New York Daily News first published it.
Cuomo said Trump is owed "an open mind and a chance to lead," but the negative positions wouldn't be accepted.
"This election was for the soul of America, and that is why today so many of us feel as we do today; we are soul sick. But as we accept the results of the election, we do not accept these positions," Cuomo said.
The Democrat has ordered investigations into two episodes in the last week of alleged hate crimes.
In one, a swastika and "Make America White Again" were scrawled onto a wall at a softball field in Wellsville, New York. Authorities said it appears to have happened sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
In the other, another swastika along with the word "Trump" was found in the common area of a dorm at SUNY Geneseo.
