Italian Americans Outraged Over Andrew Cuomo Dismissing his Behavior as Cultural: ‘My Nonna Would Have Beat his Ass with a Wooden Spoon’Alana Mastrangelo 11 Aug 2021
Italian Americans were outraged to hear embattled soon-to-be former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) dismissing his behavior that led to his resignation as “cultural.” One Twitter user called the governor’s excuse “disgusting,” adding, “my Nonna would have beat his ass with a wooden spoon.”
“I do hug and kiss people casually, women and men. I have done it all my life. It’s who I’ve been since I can remember,” Cuomo said Tuesday while announcing his resignation, which arrives in the wake of an investigation that found he sexually harassed multiple women.
“In my mind, I’ve never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn’t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn,” he added. “There are generational and cultural shifts that I just didn’t fully appreciate, and I should have.”
Italian Americans quickly took to social media to express their anger with the governor — whose grandparents were Italian immigrants — appearing to write off his behavior as simply having a misunderstood “cultural” difference.
“Cuomo trying to use his Italian heritage as an excuse is disgusting. My Nonna would have beat his ass with a wooden spoon,” one Twitter user said.
“As an American Italian, Andrew Cuomo doesn’t represent us,” another affirmed.
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