{"id":2444718,"date":"2025-06-09T09:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-runs-for-nyc-mayor-because-democrats-reward-failure\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:24:25","slug":"cuomo-runs-for-nyc-mayor-because-democrats-reward-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-runs-for-nyc-mayor-because-democrats-reward-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo Runs For NYC Mayor Because Democrats Reward Failure\u00a0"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fcuomo-runs-for-nyc-mayor-because-democrats-reward-failure%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=2444718&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--><p>The article discusses Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York, and his lack of accountability as a representative of Democratic leaders. It critiques the Democratic Party for failing to hold its leaders responsible for their actions,which creates a &#8220;moral hazard.&#8221; Cuomo is under examination by the Department of Justice for allegedly providing false testimony regarding his handling of COVID-19 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-cuomos-top-aide-says-new-york-hid-nursing-home-death-toll-we-froze-out-of-fear-of-fed-spotlight\/\" title=\"Report: ...\u2019s Top Aide Says New ... Hid \u2018Nursing...Home Death Toll\u2019: \u2018We Froze\u2019 Out Of Fear Of Fed Spotlight\">nursing home policies<\/a>, where he permitted COVID-positive patients to be admitted to nursing homes, significantly affecting death counts. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus pandemic concluded that Cuomo lied during his testimony and attempted to obstruct their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>despite these serious allegations, including sexual harassment claims, Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City and has considerable support in the Democratic primary polls. The article compares Cuomo&#8217;s situation wiht other Democratic leaders, such as Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders, illustrating a pattern of the party overlooking failures and misconduct among its leaders. This lack of accountability not only protects these leaders but also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fosters repeated poor decision-making<\/a>, which could alienate voters outside of strong Democratic areas. The author&#8217;s main argument is that Democrats&#8217; blind loyalty to their leaders compromises the party&#8217;s integrity and electoral viability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Although the poster boy of Democrat leaders is always unaccountable, Andrew Cuomo is not alone.&nbsp;Instead, he&rsquo;s the latest link in a Democratic chain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats&rsquo; refusal to hold their leaders accountable creates a &ldquo;moral hazard&rdquo; for the party, insulates their leaders from failures, and encourages more of the same poor behavior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doj-investigating-andrew-cuomo-allegedly-lying-about-covid-decisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">investigating<\/a>&nbsp;Andrew Cuomo for falsely testifying to Congress regarding his actions as New York governor during the Covid pandemic.&nbsp; Specifically, the DOJ is examining Cuomo&rsquo;s explanation to the House of&nbsp;Representatives&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/117748\/documents\/HRPT-118-SSCPReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Select Subcommittee<\/a> on the Coronavirus Pandemic about his role in issuing a directive, the July 6 Report, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-lawmakers-urge-doj-to-open-criminal-investigation-into-cuomo-for-alleged-obstruction-of-justice\/\" title=\"U.S. Lawmakers Urge ... To Open Criminal Investigation Into ... For Alleged Obstruction Of Justice\">prohibited nursing homes<\/a> from denying admittance to Covid-positive patients. Later, he tried to revise reported nursing home deaths.<\/p>\n<h2>Select Subcommittee Says Cuomo Lied<\/h2>\n<p>Regarding Cuomo&rsquo;s testimony, the Select Subcommittee&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/117748\/documents\/HRPT-118-SSCPReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;states: &ldquo;Mr. Cuomo&rsquo;s testimony is directly contradicted by documents and other witness testimony.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regarding a report that sought to lower New York&rsquo;s total nursing home death count, the Select Subcommittee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/117748\/documents\/HRPT-118-SSCPReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> states: &ldquo;In response to questions related to the Executive Chamber&rsquo;s decision to remove out-of-facility deaths from the July 6 Report, Mr. Cuomo remarked &lsquo;[w]ho cares?&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Select Subcommittee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/117748\/documents\/HRPT-118-SSCPReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;included a finding: &ldquo;Mr. Andrew Cuomo Acted in a Manner Consistent with an Attempt to Inappropriately Influence the Testimony of a Witness and Obstruct the Select Subcommittee&rsquo;s Investigation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats Overlook Cuomo&rsquo;s Crimes<\/h2>\n<p>This hardly exhausts Cuomo&rsquo;s list of investigation-worthy items. His order to place Covid-positive patients (the sick) into New York nursing homes (the most vulnerable) made the death toll revisions necessary in the first place.&nbsp;This was likely among the most egregious decisions during Covid &mdash; possibly the deadliest by mortality rate.&nbsp; Of course, he wanted to reduce the reported number of deaths that resulted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, the DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cuomo-new-york-sexual-harrassment-investigation-d0b44db45ab3cd47190f0b483e785bc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">determined<\/a> in 2024 that Cuomo sexually harassed 13 women.&nbsp; In 2021, New York State Attorney General Letitia James also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2021\/independent-investigators-find-governor-cuomo-sexually-harassed-multiple-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a>&nbsp;Cuomo had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-state-legislators-to-strip-democrat-governor-andrew-cuomo-of-emergency-powers-amid-scandals\/\" title=\"New ... State Legislators To Strip Democrat ... ... Of Emergency Powers Amid Scandals\">sexually harassed women<\/a>, violating state and federal laws. When facing mounting impeachment efforts, Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/10\/grandma-killer-and-alleged-serial-sexual-harasser-andrew-cuomo-says-hell-resign-from-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resigned<\/a> as governor.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these past actions and allegations, Cuomo is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/cuomo-mamdani-vie-top-spot-nyc-democratic-mayoral\/story?id=122279142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">running<\/a> for New York City mayor.&nbsp; In many instances, such a checkered past would be enough to preemptively disqualify a candidate. Not Cuomo because he&rsquo;s in the Democrat Party.&nbsp; Relying on a far-left&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/24\/us-news\/cuomo-relying-on-far-left-policy-shifts-to-win-nyc-mayoral-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strategy<\/a>, Cuomo holds substantial leads in most Democrat&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/19\/the-cuomo-paradox-unpopular-yet-still-leading-the-new-york-city-mayors-race-00356426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">primary<\/a>&nbsp;mayoral&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.racetothewh.com\/nycmayorpolling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polls<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats Never Hold Leaders Accountable<\/h2>\n<p>Although an egregious example, Cuomo is not a solitary one: Democrat party supporters never hold party leaders accountable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton is a classic example.&nbsp;Forget the Whitewater&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopediaofarkansas.net\/entries\/whitewater-scandal-4061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scandal<\/a>&nbsp;and the others that it spun off; Hillary&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/publications\/newsletter-article\/hillary-rodham-clinton-unveils-health-care-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clinton Care<\/a> debacle would seemingly have been sufficient for Democrats to assign her to their perpetual doghouse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This fiasco helped win Republican majorities for the first time in four decades. Republicans have been congressionally competitive ever since.&nbsp; Nonetheless, Hillary carpetbagged to New York, won a Senate seat, then parlayed this into being Secretary of State and finally Democrats&rsquo; presidential nominee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden also benefited from Democrats&rsquo; refusal to hold leaders accountable.&nbsp; As a Senate nonentity for almost four decades, he replicated that feat as vice president for two terms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Obama passed over him and endorsed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/441050-obama-pushed-biden-not-to-run-in-2016-ny-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillary<\/a>&nbsp;to be the party&rsquo;s nominee in 2016.&nbsp; Biden nearly washed out in 2020, just as he <a href=\"https:\/\/millercenter.org\/president\/biden\/campaigns-and-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">had<\/a> in 1988 and 2008, before finally becoming Democrats&rsquo; nominee by default, not demand.&nbsp;Over four years, he accumulated abysmal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/approval-rating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approval ratings<\/a>.&nbsp; Still, Democrats stuck with him, refusing to push him aside until his dreadful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yr9d79TNPfc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debate<\/a> performance revealed the cover-up of his incapacity.<\/p>\n<h2>The Trend Continues Throughout Democratic Political History<\/h2>\n<p>Nancy Pelosi is another example.&nbsp;Pelosi lost the House of Representatives for Democrats in 2022 and then the position of being Democrats&rsquo; House&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/pelosi-steps-down-from-democratic-leadership-after-republicans-win-control-of-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leader<\/a>.&nbsp; Holding no party position, she still stuck around, and Democrats listened to her &mdash; enough that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/biden-remains-frustrated-pelosis-push-172328204.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forced<\/a> Biden from office and Kamala Harris into the nomination.&nbsp;All for naught: Trump not only won, but did so by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/the-size-of-donald-trumps-2024-election-victory-explained-in-5-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strongest<\/a> showing yet, leaving the Democrat Party in tattered disarray.&nbsp; All this notwithstanding, Democrats still listen to Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris too benefits from Democrats overlooking egregious errors. A terrible presidential candidate in 2020 and 2024, she was a dismally bad&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-60061473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vice president<\/a>.&nbsp;Before that, she was a nondescript senator. Today, Democrats talk of her again&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-gives-update-her-political-future-report-2041524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">running<\/a>&nbsp;for president or for governor of California.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there&rsquo;s Bernie Sanders.&nbsp;A two-time loser for the party&rsquo;s nomination &mdash; despite him not being a Democrat. No one is more responsible for unleashing the radicalism that&rsquo;s killing their party, but Democrats&rsquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/drawing-huge-crowds-bernie-sanders-emerges-as-the-leader-of-the-anti-trump-resistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearts<\/a>&nbsp;still flutter over him.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cycle Never Ends<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats refuse to hold their own leaders accountable. This applies not only to objective failures but to subjective choices that affect their party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Democrats&rsquo; have few presentable leaders from which to choose.&nbsp;More importantly, Democrats don&rsquo;t view their leaders&rsquo; policy fiascos as failures because they&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/platform-approved-by-democrats-still-mentions-bidens-second-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a>&nbsp;these failed policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats&rsquo; blind sightedness is a boon to the leaders, but a bane to the party.&nbsp; It creates a moral hazard, emboldening their leaders to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-business-owners-slam-mlb-commish-for-moving-all-star-game\/\" title=\"Small...Business Owners Slam MLB Commish for Moving All...Star Game\">make bad decisions<\/a> and pursue worse polices again and again.&nbsp; In turn, the &ldquo;moral hazard&rdquo; has created a &ldquo;political hazard&rdquo; that repulses voters in all but the bluest areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      J.T. Young is the author of the recent book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/amplifypublishinggroup.com\/author\/james-t-young\/\">Unprecedented Assault: How Big Government Unleashed America&rsquo;s Socialist Left<\/a>&#8221; from RealClear Publishing and has more than three decades&rsquo; experience working in Congress, the Department of Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget, and representing a Fortune 20 company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuomo&#8217;s unaccountability reflects a broader Democratic issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":2444719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/23887515479_8b8e8be17d_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3714,3685,38349],"class_list":["post-2444718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cuomo","tag-democrats","tag-nyc-mayor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/23887515479_8b8e8be17d_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444718","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\/2425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444718"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444722,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444718\/revisions\/2444722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}