{"id":191563,"date":"2021-03-05T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191563"},"modified":"2021-03-05T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T23:15:11","slug":"dems-reluctant-to-call-for-cuomo-resignation-support-waiting-for-ag-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-reluctant-to-call-for-cuomo-resignation-support-waiting-for-ag-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems reluctant to call for Cuomo resignation, support waiting for AG investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdems-reluctant-to-call-for-cuomo-resignation-support-waiting-for-ag-investigation%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=191563&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 id=\"attachment_2382602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2382602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:35 PM PT \u2013 Friday, March 5, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Democrats appear to be in a tug-of-war over the allegations surrounding New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D). On the one hand, multiple state senators and lawmakers have called on the governor to resign. Some even said they would support impeachment proceedings against Cuomo. Washington Democrats, however, have appeared to stay out of the controversy, but showed their support for an attorney general investigation into the accusations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Quite the statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYGovCuomo<\/a> on how he interacts with women in his office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0iWB5pYJRv\">pic.twitter.com\/0iWB5pYJRv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackFinkNews\/status\/1366157891376406532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One Democrat who came under the spotlight amid the situation was Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who led the charge for then-Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) to resign after misconduct allegations surfaced in 2017. Eight women eventually came forward with stories of incidents involving the Minnesota senator.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of statements, Gillibrand said the accusations against Cuomo were \u201cserious and deeply concerning\u201d and called for a full investigation, but not resignation. New York Democrats as a whole, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), also held back on calling for Cuomo to step down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am with you Charlotte. We are with you. Always. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4tobBxgJuh\">https:\/\/t.co\/4tobBxgJuh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Boylan (@LindseyBoylan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyBoylan\/status\/1365807546355843074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lack of movement by senators has some questioning if the \u2018Me Too\u2019 movement has lost momentum. On Tuesday, even White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Joe Biden was waiting on the results of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president believes, as I\u2019ve noted, that every woman who comes forward deserves to be heard and treated with respect,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cThere is an investigation, an independent investigation that is being overseen by the attorney general, which has subpoena power and we certainly support that moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Few Democrat governors have spoken out on the issue and only a handful have said they support the investigation. One anonymous Democrat senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/03\/democrats-cuomo-harassment-scandal-473505\">reportedly<\/a> said the party has been \u201creluctant to publicly call on Cuomo to resign, despite having no tolerance for sexual harassment allegations, because it\u2019s a controversy in another state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Buffalo Democrat Jeanne Vinal <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/buffalo-lawmaker-defends-cuomo-central-park-five\/\">suggested<\/a> the accusations against Cuomo were politically motivated. She said calling for resignations is like jumping on the bandwagon against the Central Park Five, which is a reference to five teens who were wrongfully convicted of rape in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have long been accused of holding a double standard when it comes to allegations against their own as accusations were made against Joe Biden ahead of the election. Critics compared the lack of interest in Biden\u2019s allegations to the energetic manner in which Democrats responded to accusations against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Quinnipiac Poll said New York voters gave Andrew Cuomo a 45 percent approval rating, which is a 30 point drop since the peak of the pandemic. Around 40 percent of voters said they believe he should resign.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/changes-in-public-legal-perception-ahead-of-derek-chauvin-trial\/\">Changes In Public, Legal Perception Ahead Of Derek Chauvin Trial<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. 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