'Heartbreaking': Cuomo blasts Biden and Pelosi for abandoning him amid scandal

Carly Roman

September 21, 06:12 PM September 21, 06:27 PM

Previous New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted his onetime political allies, which include President Joe Biden, for turning on him as he battled political scandal in 2021.

Cuomo, who resigned previous August amid stress from Biden, Senate Vast majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and other folks inside his party, accused the superior-profile Democrats of currently being reasonable-weather pals whose betrayal was "traumatizing" and "heartbreaking."

"Nobody. It was tricky. Traumatizing," Cuomo claimed when questioned which mates stood by him as he fended off accusations of sexual impropriety, which he vehemently denied. "Biden, a good friend 20 yrs, not being aware of facts, promptly said about me, 'He's bought to go.' Biden had troubles a long time just before and I stood by him. Gave him the gain of the question. It was heartbreaking to see him trash me without the need of looking through one web site, generating just one telephone get in touch with."

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The former governor also counted Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and previous President Barack Obama as political figures who abandoned him past summer season, incorporating, "The phrase 'political friends' is an oxymoron."

"Pelosi? Be sure to. I know her 30 decades. Her daughter labored for me. Obama? He is been rough. When difficulties occur, you like to imagine you are distinct. You are not. Enemies and haters accumulate. Schumer, [New York Sen. Kirsten] Gillibrand, buddies operating in the point out, close friends I respected fell like dominos," he ongoing. "Get rid of your electric power and heartless politicians study the tea leaves. You happen to be lifeless. Over."

The self-explained "hard" and "strong" New York Democrat, who mentioned refurbishing New York's John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports and opening New York City's Second Avenue subway among his achievements in business, demurred when questioned about his political plans, contacting his successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), the "greatest alternative."

"I am a lawyer who can rep consumers in businesses, finance, federal government relations, serious estate persons. I can earn cash. And I will specific my view in the subsequent couple months. But ideal now, nice, well-that means, hardworking Hochul's your finest choice," he mentioned, noting he can "make a go in an additional 4 many years."

Cuomo, who resigned on Aug. 24, 2021, right after Lawyer Typical Letitia James released her report indicating he sexually harassed 11 women of all ages, has teased his intent to make a political comeback, insisting he never engaged in inappropriate touching.