{"id":325144,"date":"2021-08-16T00:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-gov-paterson-says-cuomo-stabbed-him-in-the-back-in-2006\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T00:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T21:30:21","slug":"ex-gov-paterson-says-cuomo-stabbed-him-in-the-back-in-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-gov-paterson-says-cuomo-stabbed-him-in-the-back-in-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-Gov. Paterson says Cuomo stabbed him in the back in 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ex-Gov. Paterson says Cuomo stabbed him in the back in 2006<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Former Gov. David Paterson says his scandal-scarred successor, Andrew Cuomo, is not to be trusted \u2014 and that he should know.<\/p>\n<p>Paterson claimed Sunday that Cuomo stabbed him in the back by personally calling then-gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer in 2006 to advise him not to support Paterson for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently Andrew didn\u2019t like that he had heard that Gov. Spitzer was going to pick me to be his lieutenant governor,\u201d recounted Paterson during an interview on WABC 770\u2019s \u201cThe Cats Roundtable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he calls up Spitzer\u2019s office, then he tells \u2026 Spitzer, that I was erratic, disloyal, and that things would come out about me that would make him wish he had never chosen me to be his running mate,\u201d Paterson said.<\/p>\n<p>Spitzer told Cuomo to shove it, Paterson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next morning, Andrew calls me, and he says, \u2018What\u2019s going on?\u2019 Like I did something,\u201d Paterson said. \u201cI said, \u2018I don\u2019t know Andrew. Why don\u2019t you tell me?\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spitzer-cuomo-097-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Paterson said that Cuomo told Spitzer that he was &quot;erratic&quot; and &quot;disloyal.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19139377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spitzer-cuomo-097-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spitzer-cuomo-097-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/spitzer-cuomo-097-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Paterson said that Cuomo told Spitzer that he was \u201cerratic\u201d and \u201cdisloyal.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Ramin Talaie\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018David don\u2019t listen to them. I didn\u2019t say that stuff. They are trying to divide us.\u2019 I said, \u2018Andrew, what is it that we have to divide? We\u2019re not married. We don\u2019t own a business together. What are you talking about?\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that conversation, I\u2019d have to say there was some distance between us. I was always pretty leery of anything he said to me,\u201d Paterson said.<\/p>\n<p>Paterson ended up becoming lieutenant governor under Spitzer \u2014 then serving as governor from 2008 to 2010 after Spitzer\u2019s resignation from a hooker scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo took over as governor in 2011 and was serving his third term before a sex-harassment debacle forced him to announce his resignation last week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/andrew-cuomo-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Gov. Cuomo later denied lobbying against Paterson, according to the interview.\" class=\"wp-image-19139379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/andrew-cuomo-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/andrew-cuomo-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/andrew-cuomo-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Cuomo later denied lobbying against Paterson, according to the interview.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Seth Wenig<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paterson, the state\u2019s first and to-date only black governor, has been on a tear against Cuomo since the latter announced his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Paterson told WNYC that he found Cuomo\u2019s 14-day notice before officially resigning \u201csuspicious.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think the governor has just not resolved in his mind what\u2019s actually going on yet, and his self-awareness just does not seem to be particularly helpful to him at this particular time,\u201d Paterson told the radio station.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi, responding to Paterson\u2019s claims Sunday involving Spitzer, told The Post, \u201cThe very idea that Gov. Cuomo was advising Spitzer on anything is comical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200eEveryone knows former Gov. Paterson makes his own truth to fit the moment, and I guess none of these hard feelings were a factor when the current governor made him state Democratic Party chair,\u201d the rep said, referring to Paterson\u2019s time at the helm of the party between 2014 and 2015.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Paterson says Cuomo stabbed him in the back in 2006&#8221; Former Gov. David Paterson says his scandal-scarred successor, Andrew Cuomo, is not to be trusted \u2014 and that he should know. 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