{"id":613308,"date":"2021-08-05T16:21:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=613308"},"modified":"2021-08-05T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:21:48","slug":"brutal-takedown-of-andrew-cuomos-sexual-harassment-airs-on-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-takedown-of-andrew-cuomos-sexual-harassment-airs-on-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutal Takedown Of Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Sexual Harassment Airs On\u2026 CNN"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbrutal-takedown-of-andrew-cuomos-sexual-harassment-airs-on-cnn%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=613308&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\/GettyImages-1275325153.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s top-rated host, Chris Cuomo, may not be reporting on the revelations that his brother engaged in a prolonged pattern of sexual harassment against at least 11 women, but the show that follows \u201cCuomo Prime Time\u201d aired a savage montage of video clips presenting the governor as a hypocrite who exploited the #MeToo movement for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clock is ticking for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo,\u201d said Don Lemon immediately after the hand-off from the governor\u2019s brother at the 10 p.m. Eastern hour.<\/p>\n<p>If anything, \u201cDon Lemon Tonight\u201d gave a more damning account of the sexual harassment on Wednesday than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-cuomo-ignores-brothers-controversy-and-his-own-then-don-lemon-attacks-the-gov\">he did on Tuesday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN\u2019s KFile has uncovered multiple times that the governor spoke out against sexual harassment and attacked Republicans for not taking a stand,\u201d Lemon said.<\/p>\n<p>He then played a video clip of the governor highlighting unconfirmed, decades-old accusations of sexual harassment made against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want equal justice for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and for all victims of sexual assault,\u201d the governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iAvfIKkt_rQ\">told<\/a> the Global Citizen Festival on September 29, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"09 29 18 NYC Global Citizen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iAvfIKkt_rQ?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<p>Lemon went on to note the governor\u2019s harsh critique of offensive remarks made by the former president in an undercover recording, which came out days before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Donald Trump\u2019s infamous Access Hollywood tape came out, the governor was outraged,\u201d Lemon said. He then played video of Governor Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2016\/10\/8\/ny1-online--governor-cuomo-condemns-trump-s-2005-tirade-about-women\">speaking<\/a> to NY1 on October 8, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not how you treat women. That\u2019s not how you talk about women,\u201d the governor said. \u201cIt\u2019s not O.K. It won\u2019t be sanctioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon proceeded to list a number of Cuomo\u2019s statements condemning sexual harassment, sometimes using the issue to attack his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andrewcuomo\/posts\/10155922054048401\">Facebook post<\/a> in 2018, he slammed the then-president for mocking the #MeToo movement and women who spoke out against sexual harassment,\u201d Lemon continued. \u201cHe praised New York\u2019s sexual harassment policy saying, \u2018sexual harassment or women is real. It is undeniable. And this is the moment in history to make the reform and end it and end it once and for all.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York is going to be the state to do it.\u201d Cuomo\u2019s remarks, which appeared in a June 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-york\/albany\/story\/2018\/06\/04\/foes-assail-cuomos-sexual-harassment-measures-447745\">Politico story<\/a> praising the governor\u2019s sexual harassment policy, continue. \u201cIt ends here, and it ends now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politico went on to say that Cuomo\u2019s 2018 gubernatorial election \u201copponents say he hasn\u2019t done enough to change Albany\u2019s patriarchal culture and hasn\u2019t been aggressive enough in cutting ties with known harassers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His Democratic primary opponent, actress Cynthia Nixon, and Republican candidate Marc Molinaro \u201cseized on a federal complaint filed last Tuesday against Jay Kiyonaga, who has held several posts in various state agencies before he was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/news\/article\/State-official-accused-of-harassment-fired-12955622.php\">fired Wednesday<\/a>&nbsp;\u2026 for harassing female coworkers,\u201d reported Politico at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/04\/politics\/kfile-andrew-cuomo-past-comments\/index.html\">original KFile story<\/a> by Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, and Drew Myers noted several other embarrassing comments by Governor Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAndrew Cuomo for Governor\u201d Facebook page paid for a total of six ads crediting himself for enacting the \u201cstrongest sexual harassment policy in the nation.\u201d All six ads ran on June 1, 2018, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?active_status=all&amp;ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&amp;country=US&amp;q=harassment&amp;view_all_page_id=124558988400&amp;sort_data%5bdirection%5d=desc&amp;sort_data%5bmode%5d=relevancy_monthly_grouped&amp;search_type=page&amp;media_type=all\">Facebook data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn May 2013, the governor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/statement-governor-andrew-m-cuomo-regarding-vito-lopez\">called for the resignation<\/a>&nbsp;of New York&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/19\/nyregion\/vito-lopez-says-he-will-resign-on-monday.html\">Assemblyman Vito Lopez,<\/a> who allegedly sexually harassed several female staff members, and for the politician\u2019s expulsion if Lopez refused to resign,\u201d the story noted.<\/p>\n<p>Five years later, when four women accused New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of sexual and physical abuse, Andrew Cuomo issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/statement-governor-andrew-m-cuomo-188\">press release<\/a> calling on Schneiderman to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is above the law, including New York\u2019s top legal officer,\u201d Cuomo\u2019s statement said. \u201cMy personal opinion is that, given the damning pattern of facts and corroboration laid out in the article, I do not believe it is possible for Eric Schneiderman to continue to serve as Attorney General, and for the good of the office, he should resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schneiderman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-democrat-ny-ag-schneiderman-resigns-after-hank-berrien\">resigned<\/a> one day later. Media coverage at the time largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/media-hides-eric-schneidermans-political-ryan-saavedra\">omitted<\/a> Schneiderman\u2019s political affiliation with the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon, to his credit, noted that Cuomo faces steep opposition within his own party. He went on to interview Jay Jacobs, the chair of the New York State Democratic Committee and a Cuomo ally, who has asked the governor to resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attorney general\u2019s report made it very clear what the allegations were\u201d and that they \u201cwere valid,\u201d he said. AG Letitia James \u201cbelieved those women. And when you read the report, I do, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Lemon devoted more than 13 minutes to the story, and \u201cAnderson Cooper 360\u201d devoted a brief segment to the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal, \u201cCuomo Prime Time\u201d focused on COVID-19 and concluded with an interview of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d singer Nightbirde.<\/p>\n<p>CNN has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-plunged-into-conflict-of-interest-over-cuomo-sexual-harassment-probe\">yet to issue a public statement<\/a> about the younger Cuomo, who received confidential information while advising his brother on how to survive the political storm unleashed by the avalanche of credible sexual harassment allegations that range from verbal to physical.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Cuomo also faces an investigation over admissions that his administration covered up the number of COVID-19 deaths caused by the governor\u2019s nursing home order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-cuomo-ignores-brothers-controversy-and-his-own-then-don-lemon-attacks-the-gov\">https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-cuomo-ignores-brothers-controversy-and-his-own-then-don-lemon-attacks-the-gov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN\u2019s top-rated host, Chris Cuomo, may not be reporting on the revelations that his brother engaged in a prolonged pattern of sexual harassment against at least 11 women, but 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-613308","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\/613308","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=613308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613308\/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=613308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}