Cynthia Nixon embraces ‘unqualified lesbian’ label in New York gubernatorial run

Former Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon is the latest politician to turn a critic’s derogatory slam into a rallying cry for supporters.

Nixon’s Democratic campaign for governor of New York is now selling buttons online that say “Unqualified Lesbian.”

This comes after Christine Quinn, the former speaker of the New York City Council and a supporter of incumbent Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, used the phrase to criticize Nixon earlier this month.

Quinn, who is openly gay, eventually walked back the remarks. But Nixon is now trying to capitalize on the dig.

“’Unqualified lesbian’” is an oxymoron,” Nixon posted on Instagram on Wednesday. “Get your button to support our campaign today.”

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Nixon is hardly the first politician to employ this strategy.

During the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump and his supporters began referring to themselves as “deplorables” after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called Trump’s base a “basket full of deplorables.”

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Likewise, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her feminist supporters co-opted the expression “nevertheless, she persisted” after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used the phrase to complain about her behavior on the Senate floor during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ confirmation battle.

In New York, Nixon’s challenge to Cuomo sets up an intriguing September Democratic primary race pitting an actor and liberal activist against a two-term incumbent with a $30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions.

“We want our government to work again,” Nixon said in a video announcing her candidacy. “On health care, ending massive incarceration, fixing our broken subway.”

She added, “We are sick of politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about us.”

Nixon has in recent months given speeches and interviews calling on Democrats nationally to run “bluer” in 2018 and carve out a strong, progressive liberal identity rather than just being “the anti-Trump party.”

New York college student found dead, person of interest fled the country, police say

A hunt for a person of interest now spans two countries after a 22-year-old student at Binghamton University in New York was found dead on Friday, officials said.

Haley Anderson, a senior nursing student, was found dead at an off-campus residence near the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Police made the disturbing discovery while responding to a request for a welfare check just before 1 p.m. Friday.

The person of interest, a male nursing student who previously had a romantic relationship with Anderson, fled the country before police found the 22-year-old’s body, according to FOX40. It’s unclear what country the person of interest traveled to.

“This incident and the circumstances of the death was not a random act or involving the conduct of a stranger,” Binghamton police said in a news release.

Anderson’s cause of death was not revealed on Saturday.

Anderson was expected to graduate from the college in May. Athena Anadnostakos, who was Anderson’s co-worker at Jazzman’s Cafe on campus, told FOX40 the student was a “very good girl.”

“She was a very good girl. She was friendly, joked around, we had a good time together,” Anadnostakos told FOX40.

Anadnostakos said the last time she saw Anderson was on Thursday.

“Everybody’s sad. A lot of students came who work together, they cried today. The supervisor and Haley were so close. We are very sad,” she added.

Binghamton University wrote in a Facebook page the community was “deeply saddened” by Anderson’s death.

“The Binghamton University community is deeply saddened to learn of the death of senior nursing student Haley Anderson, whose death is being investigated by the Binghamton Police Department. There is no threat to public safety at this time,” the Facebook post on Friday stated.

“Our entire University community extends our deepest condolences to Haley’s family and friends, both here in Binghamton and in her hometown of Westbury, N.Y.”