Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on CNN Tuesday called the 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding President Donald Trump’s ban on mostly Muslim countries a “stain” rooted in religious intolerance. 
“It is a stain on this country’s history,” Cuomo said. “It was clearly a religious bias.”
Cuomo railed the against the decision, saying the best way to reverse it is for voters to register their dissatisfaction at the polls. 
“This is a Republican president and a Republican Congress,” he said. “If you want to change it, change is going to come in November.”
His Democratic primary opponent, Cynthia Nixon, agreed with Cuomo’s assessment in a statement, calling the decision “un-American.” 
“Today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court can only be described as inherently un-American,” Nixon said. “Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban is a tool intended to bring out the worst fears in us as human beings. It is a blatant attack on those striving to live the American Dream.”
The Nixon campaign has been criticizing Cuomo for not appearing publicly at a mosque during his time as governor. 
Cuomo, meanwhile, announced Tuesday New York and 15 other states would file a lawsuit today in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s family separation policy. 
“What he is doing with families on the border, separating families, violates the Constitution,” Cuomo said in the interview. “Undocumented people continue to have rights, due process rights, in this country.”
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