President Joe Biden is going through criticism after he allegedly praised Governor Andrew Cuomo for his work on New York’s infrastructure and election regulation reform.
Fox Information host Sean Hannity known as the president out on his present Tuesday evening for declaring that the governor had carried out a ‘helluva job’.
‘Helluva job?’ Hannity stated earlier than questioning how the governor dealt with COVID-19 within the peak of the pandemic.
‘What concerning the 1000’s of seniors who are actually lifeless due to Cuomo’s insane determination to place COVID sufferers in nursing houses? What concerning the ensuing cover-up, when Cuomo allegedly tried to cover the true variety of nursing house deaths? What about the truth that New York State is house to the second-highest COVID-19 dying price within the nation?’
Fox Information host Sean Hannity criticized President Joe Biden after he allegedly praised Governor Andrew Cuomo for his work on New York’s infrastructure and election regulation reform
He additionally cited the state’s ‘crushing taxes’ and ‘rampant public corruption’ as proof of Cuomo’s poor management.
‘Regardless of calling on him to resign simply final week, right now, Joe Biden complained that this was all so unhappy: as a result of Cuomo had carried out a helluva job,’ Hannity stated.
‘Apparently, it is simply the allegations of sexual misconduct that bother Joe Biden.’
Hannity identified that Cuomo, who resigned from his function as governor this week after the New York Lawyer Normal launched a bombshell intercourse pest report outlining allegations made in opposition to him, has been ‘nearly utterly deserted’ by his political allies and associates.
‘With Trump out of workplace, and allegations swirling, Cuomo’s worth to the Democratic social gathering has been diminished — he’s now not the savior of the left,’ Hannity stated.
He additionally referred to the governor as a ‘social gathering pariah’ and ‘is now not helpful to his social gathering’.
Hannity concluded by noting that Cuomo’s departure amid scandal mirrors that of the state’s final three Democratic governors.
Cuomo, who’s going through doable impeachment over sexual harassment claims from 11 girls and mounting strain to stop from fellow Democrats, introduced his resignation on Tuesday.
He had been underneath mounting strain to resign in current days with Biden, two Democratic senators from New York and a number of state lawmakers calling on him to step down.
Hannity stated: ‘Regardless of calling on him to resign simply final week, right now, Joe Biden complained that this was all so unhappy: as a result of Cuomo had carried out a helluva job’
‘I feel that given the circumstances, the easiest way I may also help now could be if I step apart and let authorities get again to authorities,’ Cuomo stated in a stay televised handle on Tuesday.
‘My resignation shall be efficient in 14 days.’
Cuomo, who will hand over the reins to Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat, denied the accusations of sexual harassment outlined in a report launched final week by the workplace of New York Lawyer Normal Letitia James.
‘The report stated I sexually harassed 11 girls,’ Cuomo stated. ‘That was the headline individuals heard and noticed. The response was outrage. It ought to have been. Nevertheless, it was additionally false.’
However he stated he needed to ‘deeply, deeply’ apologize to any girls who could have been offended by his actions.
‘I’ve been too conversant in individuals,’ stated Cuomo, who was as soon as touted as a possible Democratic presidential candidate. ‘I do hug and kiss individuals casually, men and women. I’ve carried out all of it my life.’
‘In my thoughts I’ve by no means crossed the road with anybody,’ he stated. ‘However I did not understand the extent to which the road has been redrawn.
‘There are generational and cultural shifts that I simply did not absolutely respect. And I ought to have. No excuses.’
Hannity identified that Cuomo (pictured) has been ‘nearly utterly deserted’ by his political allies and associates
‘I believed a hug and placing my arm round a employees particular person whereas taking an image was pleasant, however she discovered it to be too ahead,’ Cuomo stated.
‘I kissed a girl on the cheek at a marriage and thought I used to be being good, however she felt that it was too aggressive.’
Cuomo was elected governor in 2010 and simply received reelection within the closely Democratic state in 2014 and 2018.
He described himself as a ‘New Yorker, born and bred’ and a ‘fighter’ and stated his ‘intuition is to combat by way of this controversy as a result of I really imagine it’s politically motivated.’
However he stated he had determined as a substitute to step apart as a result of an impeachment combat would ‘devour authorities,’ price taxpayers hundreds of thousands of {dollars} and ‘brutalize individuals.’
‘Authorities actually must perform right now,’ he stated. ‘Authorities must carry out. And losing vitality on distractions is the very last thing that state authorities needs to be doing.’
Cuomo described Hochul, who will change into the primary ever feminine governor of New York, as ‘sensible and competent’ and promised a ‘seamless’ transition.