'Set the standard': Cuomo allegations test Democrats' commitment to #MeToo | Andrew Cuomo | The Guardian - 0 views
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New York Democrats have called for the governor to resign over sexual harassment allegations, but no national figures have joined the chorus
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But no other national Democrats have joined the chorus. The Axios website branded it the party’s “hypocrisy moment”, arguing: “Governor Andrew Cuomo should be facing explicit calls to resign from President Biden on down, if you apply the standard that Democrats set for similar allegations against Republicans. And it’s not a close call.”
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But in 2017, as the #MeToo movement held powerful men accountable, Kirsten Gillibrand, a senator who holds Hillary Clinton’s former seat in New York, argued that the former president should have resigned over the affair.
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