THEY’RE HOPING IT GETS RESOLVED
ON ITS OWN, BUT IT MAY NOT.
THE PRESIDENT MAY GET PULLED
INTO IT FURTHER.
>> HERE IS PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE
WAS ASKED YET TO WEIGH IN ON THE
MOUNTING CALLS FOR NEW YORK
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO TO RESIGN.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> DO YOU THINK GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO SHOULD RESIGN?
>> I THINK THE INVESTIGATION IS
UNDERWAY AND WE SHOULD SEE WHAT
IT BRINGS US.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY,
HERE ARE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
CONCERNING NEW YORK GOVERNOR
ANDREW CUOMO.
A LONGTIME ADVISER TO GOVERNOR
CUOMO REPORTEDLY CALLED COUNTY
OFFICIALS TO GAUGE THEIR LOYALTY
TO THE EMBATTLED GOVERNOR AMID
AN ONGOING SEXUAL HARASSMENT
INVESTIGATION.
THAT’S ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE
OFFICIALS WHO SPOKE TO "THE
WASHINGTON POST."
ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
EXECUTIVES THAT WAS RECENTLY
CONTACTED BY LARRY SCHWARTZ,
HEAD OF THE NEW YORK’S
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE ROLLOUT,
FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT WITH
THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S
OFFICE.
ACCORDING TO THE POST.
THE EXECUTIVE FEARED RETALIATION
AGAINST THE COUNTY’S VACCINE
SUPPLY IF SCHWARTZ WAS NOT LEEDS
WITH HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS
ABOUT SUPPORTING THE GOVERNOR.
WHEN CONTACTED BY "THE POST,"
SCHWARTZ ACKNOWLEDGED MAKING THE
CALLS AS A 30-YEAR FRIEND OF
CUOMO’S.
BUT SAID HE, QUOTE, DID NOTHING
WRONG.
SCHWARTZ SAID HE DID NOT DISCUSS
VACCINES IN THE KFRGSCONVERSATIO
THE GOVERNOR HAS DENIED TOUCHING
ANYONE INAPPROPRIATELY, THOUGH
HE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR ANY PAST
BEHAVIOR THAT MAY HAVE MADE
PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> HEY, REVEREND AL.
LET’S BE STRAIGHT HERE.
IF YOU’VE GOT THE GUY THAT’S IN
CHARGE OF YOUR VACCINE ROLLOUT
CALLING COUNTY OFFICIALS, SEEING
WHETHER THEY’RE STILL LOYAL TO
ANDREW CUOMO OR NOT, YOU DON’T
HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT THEIR
ANSWER IS FREIGHTED WITH REAL
MEANING FOR WHETHER THEY’RE
GOING TO GET THE VACCINATIONS
THAT THEY NEED.
IT’S -- IT’S OBVIOUSLY WHY
CUOMO -- WHICH IT’S DISGUSTING.
IT’S OBVIOUS WHY HE HAD HIS
VACCINATION CZAR, HIS
CORONAVIRUS CZAR, CALLING THESE
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
SHOW LOYALTY AND MAYBE YOU GET
MORE VACCINES.
DON’T SHOW LOYALTY AND YOU
DON’T.
AND EVEN IF HE DIDN’T SAY
ANYTHING, THAT WAS THE CLEAR
SUGGESTION WITH THE PERSON HE
CHOSE TO MAKE THOSE FALSE FOR
HIM.
>> AT BEST, IT IS CLEARLY NOT
THE PERSON THAT SHOULD BE MAKING
FALSE.
AND IN FACT, THE IMPLICATIONS
ARE THERE.
I THINK WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TORN WITH NOW IS EVEN THOSE OF
US THAT HAVE SAID, WELL, WE’RE
NOT GOING TO CALL ON HIM TO
RESIGN, LET’S SEE WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION GOES.
WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE
INVESTIGATION, NOW HAVE TO RAISE
THE QUESTION, CAN HE GOVERN?
AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE TWO
SEPARATE ISSUES.
ONE IS WHETHER YOU WANT TO SET A
PRECEDENT WHERE BASED ON
ACCUSATIONS, BEFORE AN
INVESTIGATION, DO YOU FORCE
SOMEONE OUT?
BUT THEN THE OTHER PART IS, IF
YOU HAVE BOTH THE U.S. SENATORS
AND THE MAJORITY OF THE NEW YORK
STATE LEGISLATURE CALLING ON YOU
TO RESIGN, CAN YOU CONTINUE TO
GOVERNOR IN A STATE THAT IS
STILL FACING CRITICAL ISSUES.
AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE THIS
MORNING, MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING
MANY AND THE STATE ARE LOOKING
AT, ONE OF TWO VERY SERIOUS
ISSUES.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, THOUGH,
TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO
BE RRYOUR REPRESENTATIVES, TO BE
IN POSITIONS THAT EVEN REMOTELY
CAN BE COMPROMISED, AND THIS IS
NOT REMOTE, I THINK ONLY ADDS TO
THE FUROR THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE TRYING TO BE CLEAR SIGHTED
BEFORE THEY MAKE AN ULTIMATELY
DECISION.
BUT EVENING WHEN SCHUMER AND
GILLIBRAND COME OUT AND THE