Cynthia Nixon to return to her alma mater Barnard for graduation speech

She was manner too woke for New York Democrats, however for the lefty women of Barnard School, Cynthia Nixon is excellent.

She was manner too woke for New York Democrats, however for the lefty women of Barnard School, Cynthia Nixon is excellent.

The “Intercourse and the Metropolis” actress and failed gubernatorial candidate — who was crushed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo by a 32-point margin when she ran as his progressive challenger within the 2018 Democratic main — will communicate at Barnard’s commencement ceremony on Could 19, the college has introduced.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic New York and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon shake arms earlier than a gubernatorial debate at Hofstra College in Hempstead, N.Y. Cuomo annihilated Nixon within the election that 12 months.

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Barnard’s alumnae affiliation praised Nixon, a 1988 graduate of the higher Manhattan women-only school, for her marketing campaign that put “problems with financial, racial, and gender equality entrance and middle.”

Whereas Nixon’s bid to unseat Cuomo flopped, her blistering assaults on him succeeded in pulling him leftward on points like legalizing pot.

Cynthia Nixon used to painting Miranda on ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis.”

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The equally woke creator Paola Ramos — a prime Hillary Clinton marketing campaign aide described by Barnard as a “Latinx advocate who's Mexican, Cuban, and American” — can even communicate at Thursday’s ceremony.