{"id":184788,"date":"2021-03-01T12:46:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184788"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:46:30","slug":"alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-for-cuomo-to-face-impeachment-top-dems-distancing-from-ny-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-for-cuomo-to-face-impeachment-top-dems-distancing-from-ny-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Cuomo To Face Impeachment, Top Dems Distancing From NY Gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-for-cuomo-to-face-impeachment-top-dems-distancing-from-ny-gov%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Top Democrats are distancing forcefully distancing themselves from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday after a second sexual harassment allegation emerged, and some federal legislators are calling for Cuomo to face impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Cuomo\u2019s issues with an order that sent patients recovering from COVID-19 into nursing homes and other adult care facilities, regardless of whether they were still positive for the virus, the focus has largely shifted to the governor\u2019s personal behavior and a series of allegations from former aides suggesting that Cuomo behaved inappropriately with female employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLindsey Boylan, a candidate for Manhattan borough president who formerly worked for Cuomo and the state\u2019s economic development agency, revealed in a blog post on Wednesday that the governor had kissed her without her consent and asked her to play strip poker,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-governor-andrew-cuomo-releases-statement-apologizing-for-behavior-following-sexual-harassment-allegations\">Politico reported over the weekend<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThen, on Saturday, The New York Times reported that Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant and health policy adviser to Cuomo, was also sexually harassed by the governor, including inappropriate questions about her sex life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-calls-allegations-against-andrew-cuomo-credible\">Daily Wire reported Monday<\/a>, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-NY), one of the highest-ranking Democrats in government, called the allegations against Cuomo \u201ccredible,\u201d and echoed the White House in calling for an independent investigation into the claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe women who have come forward with serious and credible charges against Governor Cuomo deserve to be heard and to be treated with dignity,\u201d Pelosi said in a statement Sunday afternoon. \u201cThe independent investigation must have due process and respect for everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monday morning, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) \u2014 arguably the Democrat with the most significant national presence \u2014 told MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan that she believes the governor should face impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez told Hasan that she believes\u00a0 \u201cthe full facts of the situation\u201d need to come out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New York Congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> reacts to the latest claims made against NY Governor Andrew Cuomo. See why she tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MehdiRHasan<\/a> &#8220;the full facts of the situation&#8221; need to come out: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mmpKSsQHdT\">pic.twitter.com\/mmpKSsQHdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MehdiHasanShow\/status\/1366214841158017030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuomo agreed to an independent investigation into the allegations but initially wanted to appoint the investigator. Later in the weekend, the governor issued a statement on both sexual harassment claims and reportedly agreed to allow an outside official to handle the probe.<\/p>\n<p>Although Cuomo categorically denies sexually harassing the two women, he does note that he \u201cmake jokes\u201d that he thinks are funny that could be considered inappropriate for some audiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuestions have been raised about some of my past interactions with people in the office,\u201d Cuomo said in his statement. \u201cI never intended to offend anyone or cause any harm. I spend most of my life at work, and colleagues are often also personal friends. At work sometimes I think I am being playful and make jokes that I think are funny. I do, on occasion, tease people in what I think is a good-natured way. I do it in public and in private. You have seen me do it at briefings hundreds of times. I have teased people about their personal lives, their relationships, about getting married or not getting married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean no offense and only attempt to add some levity and banter to what is a very serious business,\u201d Cuomo added. \u201cI now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended. I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Democrats are distancing forcefully distancing themselves from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday after a second sexual harassment allegation emerged, and some federal legislators are calling for Cuomo to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274462,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Cuomo To Face Impeachment, Top Dems Distancing From NY Gov","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Cuomo To Face Impeachment, Top Dems Distancing From NY Gov","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}