{"id":644347,"date":"2021-08-14T13:21:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=644347"},"modified":"2021-08-14T13:21:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:21:29","slug":"shapiro-the-demise-of-the-love-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-the-demise-of-the-love-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"SHAPIRO: The Demise Of The Love 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\">14<\/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%2Fshapiro-the-demise-of-the-love-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=644347&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-1322720012.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York resigned his office. It was a stunning turnabout for a man who had been proclaimed a hero of the republic by the entire media just last year, even as he presided over the worst COVID-19 spike in the United States and covered up the deaths of thousands of nursing-home patients. Trevor Noah declared himself a \u201cCuomosexual\u201d; Chelsea Handler gushed about her \u201ccrush\u201d; there was even talk about supplanting President Joe Biden with Cuomo at the top of the 2020 Democratic ticket were Biden to falter. Crown Publishing saw fit to shower $5 million in advance money on Cuomo\u2019s self-flattering COVID-19 memoir, humbly titled \u201cAmerican Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, of course, Cuomo isn\u2019t being dumped by the side of the road because of his horrific performance with regard to COVID-19, despite the fact that his state currently carries the second worst deaths-per-million ratio in the United States (Florida, the media\u2019s favorite bugaboo, ranks 26th by this metric, despite its status as America\u2019s oldest state outside of Maine). Far from it. Upon Cuomo\u2019s resignation, Biden lamented that Cuomo had done a \u201chell of a job\u201d on \u201ceverything from access to voting infrastructure to a whole range of things. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Cuomo was forced into resignation because of his habit of touching subordinates\u2019 body parts. Attorney General Letitia James, who has her own eyes on the gubernatorial mansion, put out a 168-page report detailing Cuomo\u2019s treatment of 11 different women who alleged sexual harassment; the most egregious allegation came from Brittany Commisso, a former aide, who said that Cuomo had rubbed her butt, kissed her on the lips and grabbed her breast under her shirt. James declined to prosecute Cuomo or recommend his prosecution, but her report was enough to open the floodgates. By the end of last week, it was clear that Cuomo didn\u2019t have any support in the halls of power to remain as governor \u2014 at least partially due to his long-standing habit of treating legislators like trash.<\/p>\n<p>Now we\u2019re told that Cuomo\u2019s ousting is the result of Democrats\u2019 high moral standards. Joy Reid of MSNBC bragged that Cuomo\u2019s departure was \u201c100% the result of Democratic pressure\u201d \u2014 true as far as it goes, given Democrats currently comprise a supermajority in the New York state Senate. Russell Berman of The Atlantic made the same argument, stating, \u201cDemocrats hold their leaders to higher standards than Republicans do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that isn\u2019t true. At all.&nbsp;<span class=\"column--highlighted-text\">Democrats routinely overlook powerful politicians accused of sexual misconduct, from the late Sen. Edward \u201cTed\u201d Kennedy to former President Bill Clinton to Biden himself.<\/span>&nbsp;It all depends on the politics of the moment. And the reality is that Cuomo was a liability for Democrats not merely because of his penchant for grabbing asses, but because his COVID-19 performance&nbsp;<i>was&nbsp;<\/i>so abysmal. Cuomo\u2019s lockdown policies resulted in extraordinary numbers of deaths, residents fleeing the state and the fourth-worst unemployment rate in the nation \u2014 even as Democrats championed him as a model governor.<\/p>\n<p>Getting rid of Cuomo, then, was good politics. It allows Democrats to pretend that they care deeply about the #MeToo movement while simultaneously ridding themselves of a rather nettlesome problem. That\u2019s why it must be so galling for Cuomo \u2014 who has gotten away with egregious interpersonal behavior for at least a decade \u2014 to have to resign in his supposed moment of triumph. It\u2019s also why Democrats&nbsp;<i>must&nbsp;<\/i>defenestrate him: To acknowledge that Cuomo botched COVID-19 would be to acknowledge that Democrats\u2019 current policies mirror Cuomo\u2019s botchery. Better to brush Cuomo under the rug than for Cuomo\u2019s opponents to continue holding him up as an object lesson in dictatorial and bloviating incompetence.<\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>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;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York resigned his office. 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