New York’s governor in 2018 threatened to compare an official who endorsed a primary challenger to child rapists, according to newly released audio of the call. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, told then-Working Families Party head Bill Lipton: “If you ever say, ‘Well he’s better than a Republican’ again, then I’m gonna say, ‘You’re better than a child rapist.’ How about that?” Cuomo was furious that the party had endorsed actress Cynthia Nixon, who was challenging him in the gubernatorial Democrat primary. After Cuomo triumphed over Nixon, the party opted to back him against Republican nominee Marc Molinaro. Lipton responded to the governor by saying: “Governor, I apologize, but I got to clarify one thing. You’re free to say whatever you want, governor, but I just want to be clear. Our line is going to be that we have differences with you, but our differences with Republicans are far greater.” …