New York Governor Andrew Cuomo slams Trump's claim that protester 'fell harder than was pushed'

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo slammed US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Cuomo said he was "disgusted" by Trump's claim that the 75-year-old man seen in the video "fell harder than he was pushed."

"President Trump did a tweet today that surprises me even after all the tweets he has done," Cuomo said at his daily news briefing.

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"You read his tweets, you get to a point where you say, 'Well, nothing could surprise me - I've seen it all,'" Cuomo added. "And then you get surprised again. You get shocked again. You get disgusted again."

Trump suggested that the protestor, Martin Gugino could be "an ANTIFA provocateur" and staged his fall at the hands of an officer.

"I watched, he fell harder than was pushed," the president said on Twitter. "Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"

The two Buffalo officers who were seen pushing him and were charged with assault on Saturday. Gugino has been hospitalized after the incident.