Amazing things Andrew CuomoThe announcement this week that he will step down as governor of New York was not that he stepped down, but that it took him so long to resign. In the endless saga of Cuomo’s death, the most disturbing part is how many crimes he and New York politicians normalized in the process.
These officials are complicit. Cuomo resigns after the resignation of Attorney General Letitia James Report Explain in detail his sexual misconduct.There is also an ugly fact: if the governor of New York is not a sexual pest, he is likely to be in a nursing home and shield His healthcare industry donors don’t have to bear any responsibilities-while profiting from the $5 million book transaction, and respect It is regarded as a shining star by liberals and corporate media.
In fact, unless things change suddenly, Cuomo will still get away with justice.So far with U.S. Attorneys decline In order to prosecute Cuomo on these issues, and the New York legislature refuses to initiate impeachment proceedings on these issues, the federal and state political systems ensure that these crimes are not considered illegal at all. The same goes for many New York Democratic voters: A New poll Show that even now, most of them also said that they agree with Cuomo’s way of working.
To be sure, Democratic Representative Ron Kim’s Nursing Home Crusade And his accusation that Cuomo tried to oppress his silence caused a bizarre political earthquake that shook New York’s political system and the media, and finally censored the governor monster that has been raging in Albany for a long time. But the epic scandal of refusal to prosecute or impeach Cummer will only further normalize this corruption.
In fact, presiding over a massacre of the elderly and protecting the perpetrators in order to please political financiers is just conventional politics today. This is what politicians are now allowed-and even expected-to do.Although President Biden’s former senior aide Lobby The White House represents the nursing home industry, and the Biden Justice Department recently Say It will not investigate negligence and COVID-related deaths in nursing homes in New York and other states. The case is closed.
The Nursing Home Massacre is just one of many examples of Como’s lawlessness. It should have caused a response from law enforcement, but it didn’t. Albany Times League detail Eight other scandals Hosted by Cuomo.These do not include other corrupt transactions, such as Special tax relief for his book publishers and Offer bond transactions to his donors.
Tuesday, the New Yorker Report Cuomo tried to force Obama’s White House in 2014 to stop the Justice Department from investigating his decision to close the anti-corruption team. For many years, Obama officials have not discussed the matter publicly.Until now, after Cuomo became unpopular and deprived of power, they were immune from any counterattack Microsoft National Broadcasting Corporation Observers and #TeamBlue enforcers. They know their audience very well: Until a few months ago, the media, Democratic politicians, and Democratic voters turned their attention away from Cuomo’s criminal frenzy, and instead regarded him as an idol worthy of worship. endorsement And support the party’s great “Cuomosexual” future.
Given his rampage, Cuomo’s departure just because of his grotesque sexual assault is not enough. Not far. This is a good thing, and his downfall is well-deserved, especially when sexual harassment, assault and abuse are so common and the perpetrators are rarely punished.
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But Cuomo’s misconduct with impunity also conveys the message that we continue to tolerate it—this tolerance is not passive or accidental. This is intentional. Punishing Cuomo for corrupt transactions with nursing homes and health care donors will scandals of similar corrupt relationships between these corporate interests and other politicians.Considering that the medical lobby that donated to Cuomo and drafted his nursing home immunization bill also brought together Large sum of cash To New York Democratic lawmakers who passed the bill.Once the exemption bill is signed into law, Republican politicians will copy and Pasted Incorporate language into their own state and federal bills, while obtaining cash from healthcare benefits.
Prosecuting or impeaching the governor for such corruption may threaten the entire legal bribery system, and politicians on both sides will benefit from it. Therefore, even if brave Democratic lawmakers like Kim and State Senator Alexandra Biaggi tried to blow the whistle, the system effectively gave Cuomo the same immunity as he granted to donors in the nursing home industry. Thousands of elderly people lost their lives.
The impeachment and resignation entered the discussion only in response to his bizarre interpersonal behavior, partly because it can be described as just a problem of a bad apple in the bucket.
The problem is that we also have a bucket problem. Cuomo’s departure left it intact.
Cuomo’s departure is a good thing, but make no mistake: his lawless legacy continues to exist, arguably stronger than ever-and it will continue to do so until voters start demanding something different.
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David Sirota is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author based in Denver, Colorado.He is the publisher Daily poster, One Contributing Editor of Jacobin Magazine with one Guardian columnistHe will be the writer of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign speech in 2020.
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