NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump

From a crowded stage, Cuomo’s opponents swiped at him over the sexual harassment scandal that forced him from the governor’s mansion, his coronavirus response and the federal investigation into whether he lied to Congress about his handling of the pandemic in nursing homes.At one point, Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist state lawmaker who has emerged as one of the leading candidates in the race, pressed Cuomo on the overlap between the former governor’s political donors and those who donated to Republican President Donald Trump.

“The difference between myself and Andrew Cuomo is that my campaign is not funded by the very billionaires who put Donald Trump in D.C.,” Mamdani said, calling himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare.”Weathering the onslaught, Cuomo started flicking out his own jabs.“Mr. Mamdani is very good on Twitter, with videos, but he actually produces nothing,” Cuomo said. “Donald Trump would go through Mr. Mamdani like a hot knife through butter. He’s been in government 27 minutes, he’s passed three bills. That’s all he’s done.”

The pile-on came after Cuomo, who has led every poll since entering the race, has avoided his opponents in public, giving them virtually no opportunities to meet him face-to-face.That all changed Wednesday night.

The former governor’s opponents had him in their sights throughout the debate, working in criticisms of Cuomo in their responses to questions or interjecting at points to get in another quick dig at the former governor of New York. The cross talk was heavy on a stage that hosted nine candidates.

In one exchange, Cuomo deflected on a question about whether he had any regrets from his time in politics, saying that if he regretted anything, it was “that the Democratic Party got to a point that we allowed Mr. Trump to be elected, that we got to a point where rhetoric has no connection to reality.”El español puede ser el idioma más hablado en casa después del inglés en Estados Unidos, excepto en tres estados, pero los segundos idiomas más populares, no ingleses, utilizados en cada estado muestran la diversidad del país en lugares inesperados, ya sea coreano en Alabama o vietnamita en Kansas.

Casi el 22% de los residentes de Estados Unidos de 5 años o más hablaban un idioma distinto al inglés en casa, el doble que hace cuatro décadas, según cifras publicadas el martes por la Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos, y varía según el estado. En California, el 44% de los residentes hablaban un idioma distinto al inglés en casa, mientras que en Virginia Occidental era del 2,5%.Estados Unidos es una nación multilingüe debido a la inmigración, a pesar de las recientes restricciones impuestas por la administración Trump, dijo William Frey, demógrafo del Instituto Brookings.

“Esto es una gran parte de lo que hemos sido durante un largo período de tiempo”, afirmó Frey.El presidente Donald Trump emitió a principios de este año una orden ejecutiva designando el inglés como el idioma oficial en Estados Unidos.