CHARLOTTE, NC — Gov. Cuomo has blown off a pack of President Obama’s fat-cat donors who were planning a private luncheon with the governor Thursday, the final day of the Democratic National Convention, when Cuomo plans to make his only appearance in Charlotte.
Eyed as a White House contender in 2016, Cuomo wasn’t acting presidential when his finance consultant, Stephanie Berger, sent an e-mail to about 20 of Obama’s top bundlers yesterday to say that the governor wasn’t going to make it to the luncheon.
“It was insulting,” said one donor, who asked not to be named. “On top of not giving a reason, they just offered a ticket to come see him speak to the [New York] delegation.”
The group was a range of Obama’s Super PAC funders.
“These are the who’s who of donors,” the source said.
Cuomo is traveling to Charlotte for one day to speak to the state delegation and will not take the stage to speak to a national audience.