Tuesday 10 August 2021

Andrew Cuomo does the right thing for once

When facing a barrage of sexual harassment allegations going back years, it doesn't matter who you are, you should either resign from the job where the alleged offences took place or get arrested. Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, had resisted resignation despite a mass of accusations coming from women who claim to have been sexually abused. Now he has at last resigned. It is extraordinary in this day and age for a man in a position of power to treat women badly and believe he can get away with it. Even more shocking than the alleged Cuomo transgressions was the statement by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Representative for New York, that she feared she was going to be raped and killed during the terrifying riot inside the Capitol on January 6. It still seems staggering to me that there are still Republican senators who try to claim that January 6 was just a boisterous event and neither a riot nor a coup attempt. Yet here we have an elected member of the House of Representatives saying she feared for her life. It does make you wonder whether a woman will ever be elected president in the United States. I hope I'm wrong.

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