Andrew Cuomo clings to Donald Trump’s handbook on sexual harassment allegations

Something more than being children of the Borough of Queens unites Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo, two notorious New Yorkers.

“They’ve always looked more alike than they’d like to admit, and as Cuomo’s problems multiply, he’s using the same arguments Trump does not to be held responsible for,” David A. Graham wrote in the magazine.Atlantic.

“Oh wow, surprise, surprise, Cuomo is Take it away», That is to say he uses the personal manual of the former Republican president to counter the several allegations of sexual harassment.

So, with a tweet, George Conway, one of the most recognized conservatives of the Never Trump group, summed up the situation in which the governor of New York finds himself, who rejects all complaints.

Shattering Report

Andrew Cuomo hangs on the deskAlthough he became a hot nail after the state attorney general’s report describing the attacks on 11 women, most of them former employees of his office or still active.

This report describes it as “A serial stalker”, roughly the same as 20 or so women denounced Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.

On that date, a recording was released in which the then-candidate was heard denigrating statements about forcing women to have sex.

Cuomo responded with a similar defense, in a taped intervention, where he said, “I have never touched anyone inappropriately.” His alleged victims again felt assaulted.

The governor, a veteran of politics who became particularly popular during the coronavirus pandemic, said he had the habit of hugging and touching people as a gesture of warmth and friendship, several times in public.

“They saw me do it on television at all my press conferences and for 40 years before that,” he said.

But, in his video release, he added, “Now I understand that there are generational or cultural perspectives that, frankly, I hadn’t fully appreciated. And I learned from that.”

If Trump attributed (and attributes) all of his alleged inaccuracies to the bad faith of “fake news,” Cuomo responded that the report by State Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat like him, was flawed.

Although James’ investigation was civil, prosecutors in Albany, Westchester and Manhattan requested the report to determine if there was a criminal case.

Mass repudiation

Unlike his native neighbor, whom the Republicans exonerated, Cuomo failed even those who until then had been his staunch allies.

The strongest unions, rendered to Cuomo’s praise, responded with a “no more”.

The rosary of progressives calling for his resignation, led by President Joe Biden, is a Stations of the Cross for the governor, which was not seen on Wednesday.

New York’s top Democrats, both in Congress in Washington – at the top, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer – and at the Albany State House, all agreed it was time to quash Cuomo power , what He is in his third term and aspired to his fourth in 2022.

State House Speaker Democrat Carl Heastie said “Governor Cuomo has lost the confidence of the Democratic Assembly.” Heastie stressed that the House will quickly develop the Accused to chase him away.

It is the fall of an idol.

Source: The avant-garde

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