{"id":194861,"date":"2021-03-05T07:16:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T04:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-gop-rep-tom-reed-likens-cuomo-scandal-to-anthony-weiners\/"},"modified":"2021-03-05T07:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T04:16:22","slug":"ny-gop-rep-tom-reed-likens-cuomo-scandal-to-anthony-weiners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-gop-rep-tom-reed-likens-cuomo-scandal-to-anthony-weiners\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY GOP Rep. Tom Reed likens Cuomo scandal to Anthony Weiner’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NY GOP Rep. Tom Reed likens Cuomo scandal to Anthony Weiner’s<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A House Republican who has mulled challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in next year\u2019s gubernatorial race \u201cfor months\u201d compared him to disgraced lawmaker Anthony Weiner while discussing the newfound urgency of his 2022 run with The Post. <\/p>\n

Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY), whose district includes some of the Finger Lakes and the cities of Ithaca and Jamestown, equated both men\u2019s treatment of colleagues and subordinates with the lack of support they received from fellow Democrats in their times of need while speaking to The Post in an interview Thursday. <\/p>\n

\u201c[Cuomo\u2019s] character, his ego, his arrogance, his intimidation, his governing by threat was not limited to Republicans, it was app<\/a>lied to Republican, Democrat or anybody \u2014 regardless of their party \u2014 who got in his way,\u201d Reed began, noting how multiple lawmakers had accused the embattled governor of bullying or threatening them.<\/p>\n

Reed, who co-chairs the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus, went on to say that \u201cnow what is happening reminds me of the Anthony Weiner situation that we lived through in Congress,\u201d noting that like in the former House Democrat\u2019s case, \u201cpeople who received that type of treatment, regardless of party, they\u2019re now not coming to [Cuomo\u2019s] aid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weiner, a former congressman from New York whose serial sexting cost him his political career and later\u00a0sent him to prison, initially became engulfed in scandal in May 2011.<\/p>\n

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Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was convicted for sexting an underage girl in an infamous scandal in May 2011.<\/figcaption>
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The then up-and-coming lawmaker initially refused to step down, managing to hold out just over a week before Democratic leadership, including then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and then-President Obama, called for his resignation.<\/p>\n

Cuomo, meanwhile, is facing the fight of his political life following\u00a0sexual harassment claims\u00a0from three former aides. <\/p>\n

That scandal hit the Cuomo administration following The Post\u2019s bombshell report last month that top aide Melissa DeRosa\u00a0privately admitted\u00a0his administration\u00a0hid the total number\u00a0of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19 from lawmakers and the public over fear that federal prosecutors would use it \u201cagainst us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scoop has\u00a0sparked calls\u00a0for Cuomo to be impeached and a\u00a0probe by the FBI\u00a0and Brooklyn US Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

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Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) believes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not leave office until \u201cafter the investigation and impeachment.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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Cuomo\u2019s fellow Democrats, Reed told The Post, understand that \u201cYou reap what you sow, and if that\u2019s how you treat people, you\u2019re going to eventually have no friends, and rightfully so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the embattled Democrat\u2019s refusal to resign during his first press conference since the scandal erupted this week, Reed said he wasn\u2019t surprised, cautioning that the governor would need to be removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew he wasn\u2019t going to resign. I don\u2019t think his ego will allow him to resign. So I think the only way Gov. Cuomo leaves office is after the investigation and impeachment,\u201d the New York Republican said, adding that he was pleased to see that the governor planned to cooperate with the probe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are employees, these are folks that work for you. We\u2019ve all been through training, and that inappropriate type of interaction with employees speaks for itself,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Reed, who decried \u201cthe one-party control of Albany,\u201d went on to take aim at the nursing home scandal directly, saying it played into Cuomo\u2019s \u201cpattern of intimidation and abuse of his position.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s best represented by the obstruction of justice and perjury investigation now about his number two that ultimately could lead to him. The Department of Justice legally is entitled to this nursing home data, and they unilaterally made the decision that they didn\u2019t need to respond to it,\u201d the House lawmaker said, \u201cThat type of untouchable hypocrisy and power is just, fundamentally, where I differ with Gov. Cuomo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Problem Solvers Caucus chairman said when asked the likelihood of Albany actually impeaching the governor that he viewed this Cuomo as different than others.<\/p>\n

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Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) claims Gov. Cuomo\u2019s \u201cgoverning by threat was not limited to Republicans, it was applied to Republican, Democrat or anybody.\u201d<\/figcaption>
AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe only way [impeachment is] going to occur if it\u2019s bipartisan. That also means the investigation has to be bipartisan support and independent, and they do have that. That\u2019s what makes the big difference in my opinion of how this could be successful,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Reed likened his governing style to that of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, two moderate Republicans who won in safely blue states.<\/p>\n

In his capacity as chairman of the Problem Solvers Caucus, Reed was one of the leading House lawmakers behind the $908 billion COVID relief\u00a0bill\u00a0signed by then-President Trump at the end of last year.<\/p>\n

It was his bipartisan coalition that helped\u00a0reignite talks\u00a0between House and Senate leadership on reaching a deal after the November election.<\/p>\n

Support for the caucus\u2019 efforts\u00a0only grew\u00a0as the holidays approached, with then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Pelosi eventually pledging that the chambers would not break for Christmas without the package being pushed through.<\/p>\n

Reed, who says he plans to continue his push for bipartisanship, said the lack thereof in Albany left him gravely concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are adopting policies and putting the state on a trajectory that is really harming folks,\u201d he noted, \u201cEven other Democrats are saying this is too far on things like bail reform, quality of life issues, public safety issues, tax policies that are driving people out of the state.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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