At this time last year, the governor of New York’s approval rating reached the 70s and 80s. He was the star governor of the United States during the pandemic. Ten months ago, he published a celebration book celebrating the victory over COVID-19, although the worst has not yet arrived in winter. Now, after the creepy allegations of sexual misconduct, Mario’s son has been forced into a corner.
Many people are now saying that Cuomo is as stubborn and provocative as former President Donald Trump. “They will have to kick him out and scream,” a person told me on Tuesday night. Many people believe that he will fight to the end and survive these incredibly dark days. I believe that this cannot happen. In fact, I suspect that he will be forced to declare his innocence before this weekend and resign for the “goods of New York.”
The Democrats cannot let him stay because they have occupied the moral commanding heights of Trump and “Me too” over the past five years and put themselves in trouble. The Democrats cannot continue to criticize the former president for falling into his own creepy accusations during the 2016 campaign. The Democrats yelled to anyone willing to listen that Trump is not suitable for the presidency, and his indiscretion has led to a major saboteur in senior positions. Now, they have tolerated Cuomo’s behavior and are waiting for the disgusting details of the AG report and its release. Democrats now have no choice. Cuomo must go.
On Tuesday night, they were all calling for him to step down. His cabinet members, Democrats in the House and Senate, Governor Kathy Hochul (supporting him), even President Biden, and many others called on Cuomo to “give up” and resign. I suspect that his closest ally was negotiating with him as early as last night, urging him to resign with some dignity before this weekend or even earlier, otherwise the legislature will act quickly to impeach him. He has no choice, and the Democrats have no choice.
The Democrats cannot continue to criticize Donald Trump and allow Cuomo to continue to accept these allegations. The Democratic Party cannot be a party to the “Me Too” movement and allow Cuomo to stay. The Democrats think they stand on a higher moral stand, and Cuomo is destroying this claim.
The impeachment investigation by the Judiciary Committee of the New York Assembly has been in progress for several weeks and will reconvene on Monday. I hope Andrew Cuomo will resign before then. He may even resign today. We will see.