Posted on 03/02/2021 6:09:48 AM PST by Red Badger
A third woman has come forward and accused Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct.
Anna Ruch said the governor put his hand on her bare back during a wedding and when she removed it, he called her “aggressive.” Her friend told her that the governor kissed her on the cheek.
“He said, ‘Can I kiss you?’” Ruch told the New York Times. “I felt so uncomfortable and embarrassed when really he is the one who should have been embarrassed.”
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A third woman has come forward and accused Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct.
Anna Ruch met the New York Democrat at a September 2019 New York City wedding reception, she told the New York Times Monday. Ruch, who is now 33 years old, said she thanked the governor for toasting her newly wed friends.
Cuomo put his hand on her bare lower back, Ruch told the Times.
“I promptly removed his hand with my hand, which I would have thought was a clear enough indicator that I was not wanting him to touch me,” she said.
Ruch said she moved his hand off her back, and Cuomo allegedly told her that she seemed “aggressive” before placing his hands on her cheeks and asking her if he could kiss her. (RELATED: Cuomo Lawyers Up Amid #MeToo Allegations)
“He said, ‘Can I kiss you?’” Ruch told the Times. “I felt so uncomfortable and embarrassed when really he is the one who should have been embarrassed.”
His request was loud enough for her friend to hear, Ruch told the Times. She said she pulled away from the governor in confusion as he came closer to her. Her friend later told her that he had kissed her cheek, she said.
“I was so confused and shocked and embarrassed,” Ruch told the Times.“I turned my head away and didn’t have words in that moment.”
Ruch’s friend corroborated her account to the Times. She also provided the publication with text messages from the time and with photographs, both of which corroborated her account.
“It’s the act of impunity that strikes me,” Ruch told the publication. “I didn’t have a choice in that matter. I didn’t have a choice in his physical dominance over me at that moment. And that’s what infuriates me. And even with what I could do, removing his hand from my lower back, even doing that was not clear enough.”
Two former Cuomo employees, Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett, have also accused the governor of sexual harassment in the workplace. Cuomo has denied the allegations and said that he is often “being playful” and making “jokes that I think are funny” with employees.
Ruch’s account differs from the others in that she never worked for Cuomo or for New York State. She formerly worked for President Barack Obama’s administration and for the 2020 Biden campaign, according to the Times.
If the NY Dems don’t require and demand his resignation, they hurt themselves.
What a smoothie. Who is his relationship coach? Joe Namath?
Kill thousands of old folks in nursing homes. Disallow any funerals, weddings, all small business closed, many permanently.
No problem.
Heck, give the guy an Emmy. He’s a hero.
Tell some gal you want to bang her and then begins rending of clothes and gnashing of teeth by a giant mob of woketards. WTF, NY?
Priorities?
I hate Coumo as much as the next guy, but how is asking permesso harassment?
Where were these allegations last year when Cuomo was giving the daily pressers? Don’t get me wrong, this couldn’t be happening to a bigger POS than Andrew Cuomo, but it probably means he’s to be pushed aside for someone even worse.
Cuomo needs to be taken down, but while the masses who support him know he’s an SOB, but they see him as “their” SOB. Just like in Virginia, when Lt Gov Justin Fairfax was twice accused of rape a couple years ago, the accusers suddenly went silent and were never heard from again. Whether through payoffs, threats or outright extermination, the dems know how to shut people up.
Priorities?
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Social justice is more important than criminal justice. By far. In fact, going after bad guys in this world is now a bad thing. Going after white males is a sport to the leftist media/big tech class. It used to be that being a liberal/democrat white guy gave you protections, and to a strong degree it still does, but you are right, sending old folks to their demise is no crime, but clumsy passes at women is.
In today’s environment, displaying interest in a woman is harassment if she does not find you desirable. Even if she initially finds you desirable, if that changes, then she can retroactively deem your interest to be harassment.
The harassment doctrine has been abused and needs to go.
Oh c’mon. This woman went up to Cuomo to “thank him for toasting her friends” at a wedding? This lady went up to a guy who probably had a few drinks strutting her stuff. When she got close and Cuomo reacted she saw the cuckold up close, got repulsed and thought better of it.Cuomo is an agitated, miserable wimp but can’t blame him on this one.
*yawn* Doesn’t matter. He’s not going anywhere, and even if he does, they’ll just find another Dem who is just as, if not more evil and obnoxious.
I doubt it. This kind of stuff never hurt them in the past. Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, etc., have a long and sordid history of abusing women yet the feminazi NOW crowd never stopped fawning over them. To them, it's all about supporting abortion and other leftists causes. You do that, you can get away with anything. One feminist even famously declared that she would happily perform oral sex on Bill Clinton so long as he supported abortion.
There is no reasoning with the Left.
Cuomo may indeed be on his way out the door but it won't be because of this (though this might conveniently be the reason used).
NY is one of those places where elections don’t matter.
“but it probably means he’s to be pushed aside for someone even worse.”
Either that or it’s just a ploy to keep away from the nursing home fiasco.
“If the NY Dems don’t require and demand his resignation, they hurt themselves.”
That’s funny. You think the people of NYC would ever vote Republican?! I know they did in the past, but that was before serious mass indoctrination took hold.
What I mean is, they can’t half way attack him without him targeting them in the future. Right now there is a moderate list of Dems who have basically come out against him, Cuomo if re-elected will destroy them. He is obsessive and a bully’s bully, he won’t rest until they are punished.
It can serve both purposes really well. Cuomo is no longer useful for them so under the bus he goes. Biden is next.
Why the wait do they wait until Cuomo was down before they started kicking him? Can't these women stand on their own?
Or we're they waiting for permission to pile on...
No, The GOP is dead in NYS. What I mean is that the list of people right now who have effectively gone against him will be in his target if he is re-elected, he is a nasty bully and will ruin them, as he has been quoted as saying about anyone who opposes him.
It is pure insanity.
Do I have a lawyer send notice of my interest?
WTF people! she just had to say no.
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