Posted on 03/03/2021 5:13:06 AM PST by conservative98
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference Tuesday that if the nursing-home and sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are true, "he cannot govern."
De Blasio and Cuomo, both Democrats, have long had a bad relationship. They clashed last summer over the George Floyd protests that broke out in the city; they feuded in April over reopening schools; and The Nation reported that Cuomo "on and off the record" relishes in "trashing de Blasio in the press."
But the recent scandals that have ensnared Cuomo put the one-time possible presidential frontrunner in a desperate situation to try to steady his administration.
Earlier this year, Cuomo's team confirmed thousands more nursing home deaths due to the coronavirus than the state’s previous tally. The change came after a report by state Attorney General Letitia James.
Cuomo now faces allegations of sexual harassment from three former aides, accusations that prompted an inquiry by James’ office and calls for Cuomo to resign. One former aide, Charlotte Bennett, said the governor asked her questions about her sex life, including whether she was monogamous or if she had had sex with older men.
"When I read the account of what Charlotte Bennett went through, I cringed, I just – I had a feeling of like the pain, the terror, she must've been going through. Here's someone who could determine whether she has a job or not, whether she has a career or not, literally suggesting in front of her all sorts of perverse sexual possibilities. And she's alone in a room with him. I mean, think about how grotesque that is," de Blasio told CNN on Monday. He also said at another news conference that the women's allegations "sounded pretty terrifying."
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ANDREW CORLEONE, er, CUOMO (riding home from a meeting): “I did not know until this day that it was de Blsio all along.”
Guessing that Cuomos behavior was known previously.
But now that he’s not useful to them, his buddies turn on him.
“I’m shocked, shocked to find this was going on”
Of course the 10,000 nursing home residents (most of whom were women) that Governor Nipple Ring killed are of no consequence.Better to kill 7,000 women than to molest three.
This makes perfect sense. Replace a clown who is tied for the most arrogant clown in the United States with one who is tied for the most stupid.
I like the New Yorkers as people, but as a rule they do not have good judgement.
Voting irregularities don’t explain democrat control of NY, but certainly played role in Presidential election.
After Mayor Bill’s national run in 2020, I am sure there is a groundswell of support for those wanting to see him perform on a bigger political stage.
The tall fraud hypocrite has no business pontificating from his lofty leftist throne. Bad as he his at least Cuomo doesn’t have a wife who siphons off taxpayer funds unaccounted for. NYC is in crappy shape with this big leftist hack. NY’ers would be fools to elect DeBlow as Governor but they’re game.
There is no telling what Diblasio has done, something will probably come out at some point!
Doing to the whole state what he has done for the city. What could go wrong.
WHY should NY trade one crook for another???
DeBlasio’s wife still hasn’t explained where all that $$$$$$$ went.
Not ALL New Yorkers get the leadership they deserve. There are some good folks in the state. They are just outnumbered by the real stinkers in the high population areas.
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