If Andrew Cuomo leaves as NY governor, will his replacement be more likely to pardon Trump?

[skip fox]

I heard Trumpers are pushing for Cuomo's replacement in hopes of pardoning the orange spud from New York State charges.

Any truth to this? Who would replace Cuomo and is he or she likely to be more sympathetic to Trump's New York State legal woes?


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On edit: I'm not asking if you think Cuomo should be replaced, but if Trumpers are using this as a basis for their tactics. If there is no reason to believe his hypothetical replacement would look kindly on Trump then that is either not their tactic or they are deluding themselves once again.

[SheilaAnn]

1. The Governor isn't going anywhere, this is a smear campaign, looking at you Roger Stone. n/t

[ADK]

23. Bullshit.

This has nothing to do with Roger Stone or the Republicans. I’m sure they are taking great delight in watching Cuomo squirm, but this all is self-imposed. It’s is what happens when you act like a megalomaniacal and vindictive bully and have no friends in the state government, in either party, but rather just people who tolerate you out of necessity and fear you. The chickens are coming home to roost.

To the initial question, I don’t see Lt. Gov. Hochul or any other NY Dem as being likely to even consider a pardon for Trump.

[SheilaAnn]

27. I sadly must admit you are right. After listening to all of these accusations it's breaking my

heart that he would throw his career away. He had so much going for himself but it would appear that is gone kaput! Will these guys never learn?

[hlthe2b]

2. I have a hard time thinking a Democratic Lt Gov (who is also female) would pardon Trump

out of deference to Republicans. I don't know much about her, but really don't think this makes any sense.

[Demsrule86]

5. Maybe they have something on her. I don't know but I think should she become governor,

we could lose the seat...she will not win a governor's race statewide IMHO. We can't allow the GOP and some elements in our party to take down powerful Democrats for bullshit reasons.

[Demsrule86]

3. First of all I don't know if what would happen with Trump's pardon. However, Cuomo can not go

period. We can't cave to the GOP...you think a Republican couldn't win New York? Think again. We can not continue to allow the GOP to destroy us with purity bullshit which some in our party keep falling for...we would have lost Virginia had we listened to those folks. It must end. I call bullshit on the entire story period.

[RKP5637]

4. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Demsrule86]

8. Thank you!

[DTomlinson]

25. Cuomo cooperates with Republicans in the state legislature.

[MineralMan]

6. Why would he leave? I cant imagine that he will.

His offences don't rise to that level at all. He was stupid, for sure, being an old man making suggestions to young women, but he did not follow through with any of it, as far as I am aware.

He's not going to resign.

[yellerpup]

7. Not unless he is replaced by another Trump.

No danger in that!

[Calista241]

9. It depends on how much Letitia James wants him to go.

She can make it as easy or as hard as she wants it to be. She may be a Dem, we may like her, and she may be going after Trump, but she's still a politician, and all politicians have an eye open for the next job.

Can she use this as a way to raise her profile? Can she run for Governor like Cuomo did after he investigated Spitzer?

I hardly think a pardon is even on the table for Trump. An investigation like this will take years. Vance has millions of documents to go through, and it's not like there's going to be yellow highlights and circles around illegal activity.

I fear that nobody here really understands the scope of an investigation like this into Trump. How many attorneys and investigators can Vance and James realistically assign to this case? And it's not guaranteed they find any criminal activity. And even if they do, there's no guarantee they can tie it to Trump, especially if if came from the Trump Org. It's going to be a year before they even understand all the properties and claims and what is going on at the Trump Org.

It's not even like they have a complete record yet. Each property will have it's own relationships with vendors and everything else. They're going to have to subpoena all of those companies to get a more complete view of each transaction. That's hundreds of subpoenas from companies they don't even know about yet. "Why was this money paid to this property of the Trump org? Oh, they sent it for that reason."

Meanwhile, they have a significant increase in the crime rate in NYC. How long can Vance and James justify the resources devoted to Trump with a crime emergency on their hands. Trump's not even in office anymore.

Finally, a skyrocketing crime rate is not a good look for an AG that aspires to higher office.

[TwilightZone]

10. No.

The Lt. Governor is a Democrat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul

[Dem4Life1102]

12. Jinx!

[Dem4Life1102]

11. No

The Lt. Governor of NY is a Democrat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul

[Klaralven]

13. He'll serve out his term. This is all about who's running in 2022.

[Polybius]

17. I think he'll be out by the end of the week

We'll know soon.

[Klaralven]

19. He has a huge ego and no other life. Why would he resign?

[Polybius]

20. Because we're already up to two and I'm sure more will come out

There are also at least three State Senate/Assembly Democrats calling for his resignation, and that list will surely grow (especially once a big-name Democrats agrees). Once a person admits to anything improper at all in harassment cases, it's usually the end. Cuomo admitted to some improper talk last night.

[Klaralven]

26. He'll hang in, if for no other reason than to not give DeBlasio the satisfaction of seeing him leave

De Blasio rips Cuomo over his ‘apology’ amid sexual harassment scandal

https://nypost.com/2021/03/01/de-blasio-rips-cuomo-over-his-apology-amid-sex-harassment-scandal/

However, I don't see Cuomo running again, which is the main objective of the charges. Otherwise, he might have tried to tie Nelson Rockefeller's 4 terms (although Nelson didn't finish out the fourth).

[Fullduplexxx]

14. Is that you leeann tweeden

[Johonny]

15. My guess is no.

The Lt Governor would lose bigtime for any office in that state if she pardoned Trump. No Democrat wants to sacrifice their career for Trump. There's no reason to, either. He's history in New York City.

[Hekate]

16. I think the current push to get rid of two powerful Democratic governors has GQP fingerprints...

...all over it.

If the moves succeed, they will be replaced with Repubs, because that is who is financing it.

[Polybius]

18. Republicans won't replace Cuomo

Remember when NY Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned for hiring call girls? We haven't had get a Republican since.

[Dorian Gray]

21. So I have a complicated mix of feelings about this whole thing

1) Cuomo is a total jerk who has reaped what he sowed.

2) Cuomo won't be going anywhere, nor do I want him to.

3) If he was replaced, a Trump pardo would be VERY unpopular in NY state, so it won't happen

4) Cuomo deserves to have his feet held to the fire

5) Cuomo is more hated by progressive democrats than Republicans, and this is coming from that wing.

6) Progressive democrats are popular in some areas of NY State, but they won't win statewide for Gov role.

7) Who knows what James will do...

8) I don't even know what the right thing to do here is.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. This is right up there with all those predictions that

Trump would resign, starting with people saying, he'd give up even before he was sworn in.

Cuomo isn't going to resign or be removed from office. Yeah, he has his flaws, but get real, people.

[DTomlinson]

24. No.