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LAST UPDATE | 10 Aug 2021
NEW YORK GOVERNOR Andrew Cuomo is to resign from his position following a number of sexual harassment allegations against him.
Cuomo had resisted calls to quit from top members from within his own Democratic Party, including President Joe Biden, and was facing moves to impeach him before today’s announcement.
Cuomo told a live broadcast that his resignation would take effect in 14 days.
“I think that given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to government,” Cuomo said
An investigation into the allegations against him published last week found that he had “sexually harassed multiple women,” including employees.
He has repeatedly denied that his actions had been inappropriate but said today he wanted to “deeply, deeply apologize” to any women who may have been offended by his actions.
“I have been too familiar with people,” he said. “I do hug and kiss people casually, women and men. I have done it all my life.”
In my mind I’ve never crossed the line with anyone. But I didn’t realise the extent to which the line has been redrawn.
Cuomo will be replaced by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, who will become the first female Governor of New York.
Hochul, who’s maiden name is Courtney, is an Irish-American whose grandparents hail from the same village in Kerry despite first meeting in Chicago.
Investigation
The nearly five-month investigation, overseen by New York Attorney General Letitia James and led by two outside lawyers, concluded that 11 women — in and out of state government — who said that Cuomo had touched them inappropriately, commented on their appearance or made suggestive comments about their sex lives were telling the truth.
The investigation also found that Cuomo and his senior team took retaliatory action against at least one former employee for coming forward with her story.
President Biden, a long-time close ally of Cuomo within the Democratic Party, last week said “I think he should resign” in response to questions from reporters about the controversy.
Cuomo made international news during the height of the Covid-19 crisis in New York last year when he publicly sparred with then-president Donald Trump about the federal response to the pandemic.
Cuomo’s TV appearances almost rivalled those of the Trump’s on US networks and he was suggested as a potential presidential nominee in the then-ongoing Democratic primary.
Andrew Cuomo is also a brother of CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, with the broadcaster previously apologising for discussing strategy with Governor Cuomo’s aides on how to respond to the scandal
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Why would we give two hoots?
@Wishywashy: The government is attempting to undermine the cause of the protests by linking them to outside agitators. It’s not true of course.
The Serb government eased the lockdown before the June 21st election in order to get a big turn out and win votes, after the votes were counted they re-imposed the knockdown after announcing a spike in COVID-19 cases. The protestors upset at this, are a mix of people upset at the bent election and conspiracy minded who think COVID dies not exist or was exaggerated as a political tool to stifle descent.
The reason why we should care is that there is now a rapidly worsening outbreak of COVID in Serbia, the government capitulated to the protestors demands, ended the lockdown a 2nd time, so Serbia is now faced with a worsening mishandled outbreak they cannot control. That outbreak could force border closures and cause problems/outbreaks elsewhere in Europe.
Mr Bald of the Bald and Bankrupt YouTube channel caught Coronavirus in Serbia and was in hospital for a month and the ICU for a week.
Here’s his video: https://youtu.be/clscC120ZQM
He didn’t realise how ill he was and was taken to hospital in taxi by a concerned friend. They found his oxygen levels were in “the low 70s”. He recons the low oxygen levels affected his judgment and that’s why he didn’t realise he was dying.
Also, Serbia was caught covering up the severity of the outbreak.
There was an election on June 21, some protestors were upset about the bent election, think the corrupt government eased the lockdown in order to win votes. There’s now a second wave of infections, that’s why the lockdown was re-imposed, or maybe the first never ended, or maybe it’s to stifle protests. One of the leaders of the protest was a 5G conspiracy theorist, but there’s various reasons why people were protesting.
@David Jordan: he is brilliant to watch !! Especially his south American travels
@Maalouf: you might want to do a bit of background research on him, you will think twice about watching his videos.
@David Jordan: oh a communist sympathizer who worked for MI5 probably still does by the look of his videos. Reserch who you watch
@Tiktok: Sources please. Have been following him for a good while and this is the first I’ve heard of that
@Alex Nevin: Used enjoys his videos until I found out he’s a d!rty little git
@Hup Abù: eh hem..I quite enjoyed his videos until I learned he’s a d!try little git
@Alex Nevin: he used to post under a pseudonym in a sex tourist forum and people have corroborated events he mentions in the pseudonym account with facts known about his life (where he has been, an unfounded rape accusation, ex wife from Belarus, tips for learning Russian). He posted despicable stories and totally denigrated all of the people he pretends to be friends with. https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldAndBaldrDossier/comments/cz1sz4/the_x_files_of_bald_bankrupt_a_brief_summary_and/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body
@David Jordan: and that is hilarious because he was a denier until he got it
Sure or government used the pandemic to form a government nobody voted for!
@Aaron Jones: you got precisely what you voted for. No overall control….
@ℝ: yeah I never voted for mehole or Leotard!
@Aaron Jones: 76% didn’t vote for Mary Who either but sure that’s democracy for ye.
@GrumpyAulFella: I never voted for Mary Lou!
@GrumpyAulFella: Why can’t people understand how our voting system works!? What you mean to say is 76% didn’t give SF their no1 vote.
Probably the ringleader and a spy.
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They should protest at the Chinese embassy
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