Tuesday, August 03, 2021

3 August 2021: Biden No Longer Able to Delay Reacting to Cuomo Scandals

White House calls Cuomo findings abhorrent, says Biden will address later

President Joe Biden, longtime political ally of Andrew M. Cuomo, may soon be forced to call for Cuomo's resignation as New York governor.

The White House on Tuesday called findings that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women “abhorrent” and said President Joe Biden would address the issue later in the day.

New York’s Attorney General Letitia James unveiled the results of an investigation earlier on Tuesday that showed Cuomo engaged in unwanted groping, kissing and hugging and made inappropriate comments to multiple women.

“I don’t know that anyone could have watched this morning and not found the allegations to be abhorrent. I know I certainly did,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.

Biden has previously said Cuomo should resign if the allegations were shown by an investigation to be true.

Biden has demonstrated a remarkably strong tolerance for hundreds of excess COVID deaths in New York nursing homes and an equally strong desire to look the other way at Cuomo's other scandals.

Update: Here's President Biden's initial reaction, when asked earlier today, before White House staff has crafted a prepared statement for him to read:

The White House damage control team has their work cut out for them.

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