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Andrew Cuomo's offensive 'apology'
CNN ^ | Updated 3:20 PM ET, Tue March 2, 2021 | SE Cupp

Posted on 03/02/2021 9:34:52 PM PST by conservative98

"Questions have been raised ..."

"I never intended ... to offend ..."

"... I think I am being playful ..."

"... some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted ..."

"To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that."

If it weren't already a well-known truism in Albany and elsewhere that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is infamously averse to apologizing, the weaselly wording of his statement -- issued Sunday in response to the two allegations of sexual harassment leveled at him in recent days by former aides -- made it clear: accountability is not his native language.

The passive voice, the couched, conditional language, the excuses, the justifications -- all the political equivalent of "I'm sorry if you feel that way." It was an "apology" that no one should take seriously.

Cuomo also denied the allegation of one of the former aides that he had kissed her on the lips after a one-on-one briefing at work. "I never inappropriately touched anybody and I never propositioned anybody and I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable ..." And the third-term Democratic governor has finally asked New York's attorney general, Letitia James, to pick an independent investigator to review the allegations, bowing to criticism that his initial plan -- to pick the investigator himself -- was, well, a terrible idea. But his latest statement will do little to quell the fury over the accusations and the withholding language of his acknowledgment of some of them. That's because for so many women, excuses like his are all too familiar and likely to fall on deaf ears.

I can't count how many times I've been told by a man who said something inappropriate at work a variation of "I'm just joking," "calm down,"

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: cuomo; freak; hidecuomosmurders; murdercoverup; murdersofelderlyinny; newyork; perv; secupp; sexfiend; sexualharassment
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To: conservative98

Look over here at the sexual harassment allegation.

Pay no attention to that nursing home killer allegation behind that curtain!


21 posted on 03/02/2021 11:06:33 PM PST by FlipWilson
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To: conservative98

22 posted on 03/02/2021 11:09:19 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: conservative98
Both incidents — two of probably a dozen over my career — happened before the #MeToo reckoning.

Boo-freakin'-hoo!

A dozen "incidents" over the course of an entire career! What man can't point to at least a dozen cases, over the course of his entire career, of 1) verbal abuse (incl. the assignment of disparaging nicknames, aggressive joking at his expense, expletives hurled in his direction, etc.) and 2) discrimination (expected to do the "heavy lifting" because he's a man, expected to pull long hours because he's a man)?

Only a dozen "incidents" in the course of an entire career?! Paradise!

Regards,

23 posted on 03/02/2021 11:23:23 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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S.E. Cupp is a media whore.


24 posted on 03/02/2021 11:24:06 PM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: conservative98
I still have no idea why the Democrat Party and its MSM attack dogs suddenly decided to destroy Cuomo.

This is one of the weirdest political events in my life time.

Biden steals the election, Biden has obvious cognition issues, Biden is financially corrupt, Biden molests women and girls - then, the Democrat Party and the MSM destroy Cuomo?

What!

25 posted on 03/03/2021 12:21:56 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: conservative98

To hell with her, she’s a media attention whore who, if we look back not far in the distant past was probably praising Cuomo’s leadership during the pandemic and carried the media narrative of the Cuomosexual’s out there slobbering over his failed leadership. We don’t need her and she should be shunned.


26 posted on 03/03/2021 1:42:08 AM PST by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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To: conservative98

Clownworld USA. Don’t send them in...they’re already here. Is John Wayne Gacy still alive?

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/john-wayne-gacy-tv-series-documentary-peacock-trailer/


27 posted on 03/03/2021 2:14:04 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: conservative98

What’s next? Cuomo has illegitimate son story?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/second-video-20-yr-old-boxer-coronavirus-sent-michigan-nursing-home-last-week-filmed-2nd-beating-old-white-patient-still-cops-came-week-later/


28 posted on 03/03/2021 2:24:08 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: conservative98

So what if he denies an allegation. Joe Biden denied he assaulted Tara Reid. And we see how far that went. Leave Andrew alone for crying out loud! /s


29 posted on 03/03/2021 2:48:33 AM PST by nfldgirl
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To: Paladin2

Guilty! 💀


30 posted on 03/03/2021 3:14:50 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Escape censorship: https://gitmo.life/ 👹.)
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To: conservative98

Mistress Kamala gave the green ligh to cancel KillerCuomo.

Stupid remarks will take down the thug just don’t say aloud how he killed thousands.


31 posted on 03/03/2021 3:16:57 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Escape censorship: https://gitmo.life/ 👹.)
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To: FreeReign

Rumors persist that Lewinsky was/is connected to Mossad. Maybe to rein Willie Jeff in a bit regarding middle-east strategic goals. Who knows?


32 posted on 03/03/2021 3:54:26 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: kaehurowing

If Andrew Cuomo was being “playful”, I would sure hate to be around him if he was feeling “mean” (which is apparently just about all the time).

I do not like thee, Governor Cuomo. The reason is, I cannot tell. But this I know, and know full well. I do not like thee, Governor Cuomo.


33 posted on 03/03/2021 4:04:09 AM PST by alloysteel (Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.)
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To: alexander_busek

“A dozen “incidents” over the course of an entire career! What man can’t point to at least a dozen cases, over the course of his entire career...”

etcetera, ad nauseam

There are multitudes that do not fall into this catagory.

I grew up with sisters... Personally I think I have had better working relationships with women then men who weren’t raised with sisters.


34 posted on 03/03/2021 4:06:11 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: conservative98

Today, anything a male says or does, or doesn’t say or doesn’t do, can be taken as sexual harassment and he is always considered guilty, and has no recourse.

Much of what cuuuooomo said and did was not sexual harassment.

Interesting that 3 bimbos all released their stories to the media about the same time. democrat central headquarters must have told them it’s time to tell their stories because they want to get rid of cuuuooomo and replace him with somebody worse.


35 posted on 03/03/2021 5:07:51 AM PST by I want the USA back (The nation is in the grips of incurable hysterical insanity, as usual.)
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To: conservative98

The real crime is mass murder and the cover up.


36 posted on 03/03/2021 5:09:45 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: I want the USA back

“.... and replace him with somebody worse.”

Even the Dems will have to turn over some big rocks to find a person worse than this guy.


37 posted on 03/03/2021 5:12:26 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: I want the USA back

“Much of what cuuuooomo said and did was not sexual harassment.”

You could be right, although I haven’t really been paying much attention to Cuomo’s current issues. I have heard that a man telling a lady she looks nice, or complimenting her on her clothing can be reported as sexual harassment now. That’s just ridiculous.


38 posted on 03/03/2021 5:14:41 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.)
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To: Az Joe

Joe - I think I see the problem here.

Also, Conservative98 was candid and has legitimate experiences to share, and I am glad she did. You helped prove one of her points - right here on this thread - why it is difficult for women to raise the issue. Despite your being the recipient of destructive false accusations by others, that does not make her bad sexual harassment experiences in the workplace BS.


39 posted on 03/03/2021 5:48:26 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: Susquehanna Patriot

I never said it was.


40 posted on 03/03/2021 6:36:13 AM PST by Az Joe (Congress got less than it deserved on January 6th)
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