New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has lost virtually all of his friends.
After everyone from President Biden down to Mayor de Blasio called on him to resign, Cuomo announced he was leaving office in 14 days.
But you won’t believe why New York’s Governor is cheering on Fox News in this crazy turn of events.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has gone from left-wing hero to public enemy number one in just a year’s time.
That’s because, amid the height of his left-wing fame for his response to coronavirus, he was hit with disturbing allegations.
The first allegations related to his nursing home scandal, where it became clear he tried to suppress evidence of him forcing COVID-positive patients into nursing homes and lied about the death toll it caused.
But while that directed a lot of hate his way, the Democrat establishment was still willing to stand with him.
That all changed when he got hit with a series of sexual assault and harassment allegations.
A laundry list of current and former staffers of his came forward alleging sexual misconduct.
With the Left championing the “believe all women” movement, he was hit with intense backlash, even threats of impeachment.
And those calls reached a fever pitch in recent days following a report from New York’s Attorney General Leticia James releasing a document siding with his accusers.
Democrats lined up to support impeaching him and even Joe Biden called for him to resign.
It seems that nobody would defend him, especially with his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo taking a “planned” multi-week vacation shortly after the document was released.
But while the left-wing media wouldn’t defend him, Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera jumped to his defense.
Pointing to the document, Rivera declared, “This, ladies and gentlemen, for all its impressive heft, is not a legal document. That is a political document. A document put together by the furthest-left politician in elective office in this far-left state. Letitia James, I’ve known her forever. She is absolutely furiously longing for Andrew Cuomo’s job. I’m not saying that the allegations are false, I make no judgment about that. I just want people to know this is not proof. This is politics.”
He encouraged Cuomo to fight any attempts at impeachment, though that was ultimately a moot point after Cuomo announced he would soon be leaving office.
But this shouldn’t be a surprising turn of events.
To his credit, Rivera has been consistent in defending those accused of sexual misconduct, even calling the attacks against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh an “attempted coup” by Democrats.
He was also one of the top defenders of Bill Clinton during his impeachment proceedings.
Rivera famously sang this tune on air during his impeachment trial, targeting Kenneth Starr, who was prosecuting Clinton:
“Twinkle, twinkle Kenneth Starr, now we see how crude you are / Up above your jury high, like the judge up in the sky /Twinkle, twinkle little Starr, now we see how wrong you are /When you drag the agents in, when you bully moms and kin / then you kiss the treacherous Tripp, twinkle, twinkle DC drip/Twinkle, twinkle little Starr, now we see how small you are.”
Given that a criminal complaint has been filed against Cuomo with the Albany County sheriff, Cuomo is hoping that investigators will see the AG report the same way Geraldo does.
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