New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blatantly lied twice on the questionnaire of an LGBTQ Democratic club, whose endorsement he was seeking. In the application Cuomo filled out for the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC, he wrongly claimed to have never endorsed members of the recently dissolved Independent Democratic Conference — a group of breakaway Democratic state senators who caucused with the Republican minority — or any candidate with a track record of working against LGBTQ equality.

On Thursday, the Stonewall Democrats endorsed him anyway.

His claim that he has never and would never endorse any member of the IDC or any candidate affiliated with the coalition is particularly absurd, given his role in the creation of the IDC. Cuomo, who is currently facing a heated primary challenge from Cynthia Nixon, formally endorsed then-IDC leader Jeff Klein in his state Senate race in 2014. (The questionnaire asks, “Have you or would you in the future …” to which Cuomo answered “no” for both IDC and elected officials with a track record of opposing LGBT equality.)

He also lied about not backing a candidate with an anti-LGBT rights track record. In March, Cuomo opened his remarks at a gala with praise for the chair of the Bronx Democratic Party, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, who voted against same-sex marriage the year it became law.

“How about that Marcos Crespo? What a beautiful talent, what a great legislator, what a great representative for this State of New York,” Cuomo said at the 2018 SOMOS Gala. “We talk about young talent. You watch this man, because he’s a shooting star. Let’s give Marcos Crespo a big round of applause.”

When asked why Cuomo lied about his past support of IDC and anti-LGBTQ candidates, Abbey Fashouer, a spokesperson for Cuomo’s campaign, said that he supports all Democratic members and pointed to his record on marriage equality. “As we have said, the governor stands alongside Andrea Stewart-Cousins in supporting all members of the Senate Democratic Conference,” Fashouer said in an email. “If anyone threatens to defect from the Democratic Conference, he will be first in line to oppose them. The Governor is a national leader for LGBTQ rights and his record of leadership making New York the first big state to pass marriage equality speaks for itself.”