In other political news, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and actor Cynthia Nixon sparred on Wednesday in their only debate before the September 13 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Nixon is challenging Cuomo from the left, running on a platform calling for Medicare for all, marijuana legalization and abolishing ICE. During Wednesday’s debate, the two Democrats repeatedly clashed.

Cynthia Nixon: “He stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the MTA budget for his pet projects that have nothing to do with it.”

Marcia Kramer: “Ms. Nixon, time is up.”

Cynthia Nixon: “He used the MTA“—

Marcia Kramer: “Your time is up.”

Cynthia Nixon: “He used the MTA like an ATM, and we see the result. He has had seven-and-a-half years to avoid this very avoidable crisis in our New York City subway, and he has done next to nothing.”

Marcia Kramer: “Governor, would you like to respond to that?”

Cynthia Nixon: “Why would the next four years be any different?”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Marcia, Marcia”—

Marcia Kramer: “Governor, would you like to respond to that?”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “My opponent—my opponent lives in the world of fiction; I live in the world of fact. Let’s do—let’s just do a few facts, OK? The subway system is owned by New York City. The subway system”—

Cynthia Nixon: “The MTA has been controlled by the state since 1965.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Excuse me. Can you—can you stop interrupting? Can you stop interrupting?”

Cynthia Nixon: “Can you stop lying?”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Yeah, as soon as you do.”