DU Poll: Should Gov. Cuomo resign?

[BigmanPigman]

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	Yes, don't wait for investigation.
	9 (11%)
	No, wait for investigation
	73 (86%)
	Don't know
	2 (2%)
	Other
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[dem4decades]

2. His lying about the covid nursing home deaths is enough for me, throw in

The treatment of women? Bye bye.

[grantcart]

14. +1

[Sympthsical]

29. The nursing home is what did me in.

His policy killed people unnecessarily. Then they lied about it. Then he threatened to destroy an Asian American representative for not lying about it.

He should done for that alone.

The harassment is just the icing on this shit cake for me.

[Celerity]

31. yes, this is the part that troubles me the most

This part also is what makes comparisons to Franken null and void to a large degree.

[Raine]

32. Absolutely the nursing home issue is the WORST ... people died! nt

[samnsara]

3. too much danger in the unknown of who will replace him and would that person

..pardon trump? let him be voted out...

[brooklynite]

11. Why is this difficult? We know exactly who would replace him.

DEMOCRATIC Lt Governor Kathy Hochul.

[grantcart]

15. Lol IKR. In fact she will be in charge when impeachment commences.

[uponit7771]

21. Who might be more beatable than Cuomo, we don't know that. We ... DO ... know if Cuomo comes out

... clean on the investigations he's whooping some kGQP azz.

All kGQP feel women are more beatable than men, I'd rather not take that chance

[Polybius]

27. 3 terms is enough

Remember what happened when his father tried to run for a 4th term? It gave us George Pataki.

[George II]

34. Across the state she's a virtual unknown. I had to look up who the Lt. Governor is.

[brooklynite]

40. You know who else is a virtual unknown? Every potential Republican opponent

Replacing Cuomo with Hochel NOW would give her the opportunity to raise her profile.

[lynintenn]

4. Anything he did pale's in comparison to Trump and

even the nursing home incident. If Trump had acted early there would be a lot of people still alive.

[jimfields33]

9. Trump was fired

[februari]

12. Breaking: Cuomo accuser plans to form PAC to primary Chuck Schumer, Gillibrand

For what she says is their slow response to the events:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/12/former-cuomo-aide-lindsey-boylan-plans-to-launch-pac-against-schumer-gillibrand-.html

[dem4decades]

24. That's the new Democratic standard? Not as bad as Trump?

What a low standard we have for ourselves now.

[Raine]

33. Exactly, I expect Democrats to be BETTER then Repubs

not some low bar that they're not as bad, that's disgusting!

[mvd]

5. Allegations should be taken seriously

But how do we know they are credible until the investigation? Something seems weird here. Yes, Cuomo’s behavior may have been worse than Franken’s, but Repukes would surely not be calling for resignation before investigation.

[uponit7771]

20. +1, "something seems weird here". Made similar point in another post that Putin's Whore got more

... benefit of process than is given Cuomo and Trump admitted to be a sexual predator on a recording!!

[DBoon]

6. maybe after Desantis and Kristi Noem resign

I would think about it.

This is clearly a hit job against blue state governors who exercised their authority in a pandemic to save lives.

[tritsofme]

10. What of the women who have made these accusations? Do they not matter?

[DBoon]

13. If I see a republican governor resign based on similar accusations

otherwise this is a pure partisan attack meant to destroy strong competent democratic leaders

What of the people who needlessly died of Covid in states run by republicans who refused to follow basic medical advice? We have over 500,000 corpses due to the deliberate negligence of republican governance. Nobody has been held to account for this.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. So the women don't matter. Got it.

Or - women only matter when they have been harassed and assaulted by Republicans.

[uponit7771]

22. Of course they do but so does the full investigations, shit ... what's the rush?! Seems like some

... folk know there's some bullshit going on and tryna get Cuomo out of office before the gig is up.

We've been here before with Biden and Franken, the right thing to do is wait for the investigations to be complete

[DBoon]

25. So the lives of 500,000 dead people don't matter. Got it.

Democratic politicians who try to save lives deserve to be destroyed to prevent them from having any influence on the national stage and to discredit the democratic response to the worst pandemic in 100 years.

[Maru Kitteh]

28. So it's totally cool to harrass and grope women as long as you wear blue.

Got it. Women only deserve to be heard, support, dignity when they are assaulted by Republicans.

[uponit7771]

30. ... said no one. There ... fixed it for you. WAIT ON INVESTIGATIONS, why is this so hard? tia

[Maru Kitteh]

36. Because it's excruciatingly obvious where it will end.

His chosen course of action, dragging this out to the bitter end will do nothing good for anyone at all. Democrats, Cuomo, the public, his family, the women, . . . all lose.

[uponit7771]

38. No its not. Independent investigator with subpoena power is about as detached as an office can get

... from investigations historically.

Do you have anything else that has proven to work? thx in advance

[George II]

35. I don't think anyone said the women don't matter. That's why there should be an investigation....

To use your frame of reference in this, "so Andrew Cuomo doesn't matter".

[tritsofme]

19. How is it a partisan attack? The chorus of calls for his resignation are coming from Democrats.

The accusers have been largely Democratic women.

Cuomo has made his own bed, and his actions suggest he is much less strong and competent than you claim.

[uponit7771]

39. The larger chorus *IS* coming from GQP FAUX News is playing Cuomo ever 15 mins ....

... and the rest of the outlets seem to be chasing ratings for some damn reason.

HR1 is getting less cycles than Cuomo, that's disappointing

[Elessar Zappa]

7. I'll put it this way:

I would probably resign if I were him. However I believe he’s entitled to a full investigation if that’s what he wants.

[Beringia]

8. Does he know the claims are false or does he know they are true

He might be throwing the dice if he knows they are true but wants to see how it plays out.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Yes.

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. Investigate first

If the investigation corroborates the what the accusers said then he should resign. If not he should stay. This smells of a political hit job to me but I'm willing to see how this plays out.

[a kennedy]

23. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO AL FRANKEN......BUT......

that’s right.......the most damaging photo or evidence was A FAKE PHOTO OF AL FAKE touching a woman’s boobs. and he resigned. This is so different with Coumo..... just sick about it.

[Polybius]

26. Yes

If not, impeach and remove.

[hamsterjill]

37. I don't want him to resign.

I want a full investigation which, as an American citizen, is his right. I’m sick to death of this whole issue.

I’m sick that women feel they have to wait years to come forward because they fear retaliation, and I’m sick that some have cried “wolf” and thus made real victim’s subject to suspicion.

But something about all of this just smells bad to me. Some of what these women have complained of was not considered bad behavior at the time it happened. Does that make it right? No...but social rules change and need to be part of the discussion.

Let the investigation proceed and give Andrew his basic rights.

[Hortensis]

41. I hate these things and am happy to leave it to NYers.

But of COURSE there should be investigation into the claims even if he were to resign before. One accuses him of "grooming" her for victimization as sexual predators do children.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

42. Here is some real world polling

Link to tweet

[BigmanPigman]

43. I wonder who will have the final input?

The politicians or the voters?