Andrew Cuomo protests his innocence and resigns anyway
The governor of New York left before he was pushed
“I AM A New Yorker, born and bred. I am a fighter, and my instinct is to fight through this controversy because I truly believe it is politically motivated,” said Andrew Cuomo, New York’s governor, on August 10th, before switching gears—and resigning. In his typical fashion, Mr Cuomo tried to wrest control of his story, control that he lost earlier this year when nearly a dozen women, including former and current staffers, accused him of groping, kissing and making sexually charged remarks. Even as his political career died, he tried to frame his resignation as an act of public service: “It’s not about me, it’s about we.”
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