{"id":609772,"date":"2021-08-03T14:21:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T18:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=609772"},"modified":"2021-08-03T14:21:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T18:21:30","slug":"i-do-it-with-everyone-andrew-cuomo-defends-himself-at-press-conference-refuses-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-do-it-with-everyone-andrew-cuomo-defends-himself-at-press-conference-refuses-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Do It With Everyone\u2019: Andrew Cuomo Defends Himself At Press Conference, Refuses To Resign"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fi-do-it-with-everyone-andrew-cuomo-defends-himself-at-press-conference-refuses-to-resign%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=609772&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\/08\/Andrew-Cuomo.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a press conference shortly after the state Attorney General concluded that he sexually harassed \u201cmultiple women\u201d and retaliated against one of the accusers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During the presser, Cuomo denied ever touching or making inappropriate advances on women. He claims that \u201cthe facts\u201d are different from how the media has portrayed the allegations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances \u2026 That is just not who I am, and that\u2019s not who I have ever been.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuomo talked specifically about one of the sexual assault allegations lobbed against him by his former assistant Charlotte Bennettt. Bennett <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/27\/nyregion\/cuomo-charlotte-bennett-sexual-harassment.html\"><span>alleged<\/span><\/a><span> that Cuomo asked her questions about her sex life, whether she had a monogamous relationship, and if she would consider having a sexual relationship with an older man.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Governor also shared a slideshow of pictures with him kissing and hugging men and women in public. He argued that he makes these \u201cgestures\u201d with everyone as a sign of \u201cwarmth.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuomo refused to resign and said that he had hired an \u201cexpert\u201d to redesign the sexual harassment training for the New York state government. He also blamed \u201cpolitics\u201d and \u201cbias\u201d for the accusations made against him.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Watch:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cuomo responds to sexual harassment investigation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hgdr41d4YOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"68\">\n<p><i><span>It has been a hard and a painful period for me and my family. Especially as others feed ugly stories to the press. But I cooperated with a review, and I can now finally share the truth.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>My attorney, who is a non-political, former federal prosecutor, has done a response to each allegation. And the facts are much different than what has been portrayed. \u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>First, I want you to know directly from me that I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. I am 63 years old, I\u2019ve lived my entire adult life in public view. That is just not who I am and that\u2019s not who I have ever been.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>There is one complaint that has been made that bothered me most. That was a complaint that was made by a young woman Charlotte Bennett, who worked in my office. And it\u2019s important to me that you fully understand this situation. Charlotte worked in my office last year as an assistant, she was smart, talented, and eager to learn. She identified herself to me as a survivor of sexual assault. She said that she came to my administration because of all the progress we had made in fighting sexual assault. She talked about the personal trauma that she endured and how she was handling it. I could see how it was affecting her. I could see her pain. Why was I even talking to this young woman? \u2026 I did ask her questions that I don\u2019t normally ask people. \u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I have heard Charlotte and her lawyer and I understand what they are saying. But they read into comments that I made and draw inferences that I never meant. They ascribe motives I never had. And simply put, they heard things that I just didn\u2019t say. \u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The New York Times published a front page picture of me touching a woman\u2019s face at a wedding and then kissing her on the cheek. That is not front page news. I\u2019ve been making the same gesture in public all my life. I actually learned it from my mother and from my father. It is meant to convey warmth. \u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I do it with everyone. Black and white. Young and old. Straight and LGBTQ. Powerful people, friends, strangers, people who I meet on the street. \u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I do kiss people on the forehead. I kiss people on the cheek. I do kiss people on the hand. I do embrace people. I do hug people. Men and women. I do, on occasion, say, \u201cciao bella.\u201d On occasion, I do slip and say \u201csweetheart\u201d or \u201cdarling\u201d or \u201choney.\u201d I do banter with people. I do tell jokes. Some better than others. I am the same person in public as I am in private. \u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Now the state already has an advanced sexual harassment training program for all employees, including me. But I want New York state government to be a model of office behavior. And I have brought in an expert to design a new sexual harassment policy and procedures and to train the whole team, myself included. I accept responsibility and we are making changes. \u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Politics and bias are interwoven throughout every aspect of this situation. One would be naive to think otherwise. \u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And for those who are using this moment to score political points or seek publicly or personal gain, I say they actually discredit the legitimate sexaul harassment victims that the law was designed to protect.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Related: \u2018<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hes-a-monster-and-deserves-to-go-in-shame-janice-dean-buries-cuomo-after-sexual-harassment-report\"><b>He\u2019s A Monster And Deserves To Go In Shame\u2019: Janice Dean Buries Cuomo After Sexual Harassment Report<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a press conference shortly after the state Attorney General concluded that he sexually harassed \u201cmultiple women\u201d and retaliated against one of the accusers.\u00a0During the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609772","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=609772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}