How Andrew Cuomo Survived Calls for Resignation

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Al Franken should not have resigned https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/19/how-andrew-cuomo-survived-calls-for-resignation/

“He and his advisers huddled to discuss how other Democratic leaders had responded to scandals in recent years… Mr. Franken, of Minnesota, resigned in early 2018 but later expressed regret over the decision.”

“Mr. Cuomo and his team also examined the case of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat who declined to resign in 2019 after yearbook pictures allegedly showed him in blackface.”

“The discussions set the stage for the weeks ahead: no matter what other lawmakers said or what else came at them, the governor wouldn’t resign. He would shore up support where it existed and show the public that he was still working.”

[soothsayer]

1. Basically wait for other scandals and such to inevitably push him out of the news cycle

There’s no dearth

[walkingman]

10. Nailed it!!

[Hekate]

2. That was and is an intelligent course of action. nt

[ffr]

3. We'd all be better off with Al Franken in the Senate again.

Or any high level government position. He's bright, witty, and knows how to represent people.

So glad the RW driven Cuomo resignation train has been derailed.

[sop]

4. Cuomo understood the media has a very limited attention span, and voters very poor memories.

[greenjar_01]

13. if you can withstand eight - ten days in the barrel, you can get past most things

Franken was a fool to resign.

[PoliticAverse]

5. He survived calls for his resignation by not resigning, which is how you don't resign. n/t

[greenjar_01]

12. ROFL...devastatingly simple, as it turns out

[live love laugh]

16. Duh nt

[uponit7771]

6. Info Outlets can't divorce themselves of involvement in these issues. Gaetz will do similar even ...

... though it looks like he's really in a sling

[jaysunb]

7. Maybe we can move on to something really important. 🙄

[Loki Liesmith]

8. Only chumps resign

That is the lesson of the last few years.

[Marie Marie]

9. Matt Gaetz's sex scandal knocked Cuomo's right off the headlines.

[crickets]

15. Yep, and notice how many Repubs have called for Gaetz' resignation: one. nt

[ecstatic]

11. I think the reason he survived is that the public isn't as harsh

and unforgiving as the people with megaphones are, and some of the accusations seemed like a stretch /unfair. Also, the entire situation seemed like a coordinated hit job to get him out or at least slow him down for 2024.

[Budi]

14. THIS is exactly what it always was.

"...megaphones.., and some of the accusations seemed like a stretch /unfair.

(The proof they gave, suggesting a resignation worthy scandal, appeared nothing like their accusing headlines)


"the entire situation seemed like a coordinated hit job to get him out or at least slow him down for 2024."

(Yes, when Republican Rep Stefanik suddenly jumped in advocating for the alleged abused females, but was a-ok with Trump, then the believability factor went poof & the truth became a stark glare of a political hit.)