IT'S ON: NY Republicans File Cuomo Impeachment in State Assemblyhttps://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/03/08/its-on-ny-republicans-file-cuomo-impeachment-in-state-assembly-n1430877On Monday, Republicans in the New York State Assembly announced an impeachment resolution against Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), saying the governor has lost “credibility and trust†and has therefore lost the ability to lead the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Republicans only have a minority in both the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate, many Democrats have demanded Cuomo’s resignation, and the governor has refused to step down.
“We’re going to introduce this resolution because we believe the time has come,†State Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said in a press conference on Monday. “In order to lead this great state as governor, you need to have credibility and trust … and unfortunately, we feel the governor has lost that and now has an inability to lead.â€
“I don’t think I’ve used the term ‘bombshell’ especially this week, any time more in my life, it has been one bombshell after another,†Barclay said, referencing the many scandals Cuomo has faced in the past few weeks.
“We had the AG report come out saying that the governor was underreporting nursing home deaths by as much as 50%,†Barclay said. “We had that secret political meeting where he had his top aides say they weren’t reporting the nursing home deaths because they were worried about a Department of Justice investigation—they were worried about the political fallout.â€
Barclay referenced “the bullying and the harassing of sitting members of the state legislature. Then we had five courageous women come forward to talk about their abuse, sexual harassment, and other abuse at the hands of the governor.â€
That Dem Senate Majority leader did the
talk, but R Assembly leaders are doing the
walk!
