Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed the Democratic presidential candidates as “pathetic” for picking apart former President Barack Obama’s record during last week’s debate, calling it a “circular firing squad” that plays directly into the hands of President Trump.

“The Democrats haven’t learned the basic lesson. The enemy is not the other Democrats standing next to you,” he said on WAMC’s “The Roundtable” show Monday, decrying several Democrats for criticizing Obama’s immigration policies in going after the Democratic front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden.

“The goal is to defeat President Trump, and to denigrate other Democrats, to attack President Obama’s record, we are, as they used to say, the circular firing squad. We are making the same mistake and it is pathetic to watch,” Cuomo raged, reiterating a criticism he has raised of fellow party members in the past.

“Frankly, President Trump is exploiting it. And he is exploiting now the Democratic division. He is divide-and-conquer. He is very good at finding cracks in the body politic and putting a wedge in those cracks. And that is what he is now doing with the Democrats. He is highlighting the polarization on the Democratic side and the rifts on the Democratic side, and he is being very effective. And the Democrats are playing into it.”

Cuomo said Democrats must unite around the issue of gun safety policy in order to defeat Trump, and calling for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schemer to introduce legislation the party can rally around.