Holy defiance!
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo went to church on Sunday and blamed the ācancel cultureā for his forced resignation last year, jabbing the media and āpolitical sharksā as well, according to the New York Post. It was Cuomoās first major public appearance since he resigned amid allegations of Sexual Harassment.
Cuomo spoke for about 25 minutes during a scheduled appearance at Godās Battalion of Prayer in East Flatbush in Brooklyn.
āAs you probably know, Iāve gone through a difficult period the past few months. I resigned as governor, the press roasted me, myĀ colleagues were ridiculed,Ā my brother was fired,ā he said. āIt was ugly.ā
Cuomo resigned under a cloud in August. His brother, Chris Cuomo, was later fired by CNN.
āIt was probably the toughest time of my life, and it was probably the first time that I was glad my father wasnāt here with us anymore, so he didnāt have to see,ā he added, referring to his late father and former three-term governor of New York, Mario Cuomo.
The Post report said Cuomo used the word ācancelā at least Ā 25 times.
āMy father, God rest his soul, used to say government is an honorable profession but that Politics can be a dirty business,ā he said. āNow that is especially true today,Ā when the Politics out there is so mean and so extreme, when even the Democratic Party chooses to cancel people that they have a disagreement with.ā
āMy behaviorĀ has been the same for 40 years in public life. ā¦ But that was actually the problem. Because for some people, especially younger people, thereās a new sensitivity. No one ever told me I made them feel uncomfortable. I never sensed that I caused anyone discomfort. I was trying to do the exact opposite,ā said Cuomo.
āBut Iāve been called old-fashioned, out-of-touch, and Iāve been told my behavior was not politically correct or appropriate. I accept that. Social norms evolve and they evolve quickly,ā he added. āBut I didnāt appreciate how fast their perspective changed. And I should have.ā
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Cuomo added that he is ātruly, truly sorryā and that he ālearned a powerful lesson.ā
āContrary to what my political opponents would have you believe, nothing I did violated the law or the regulations. I said from the start that I would defend any allegation that anyone wanted to bring, but the political sharks in Albany smelled blood. And then the sharks smell blood, then come,ā he explained. āAnd they exploited the situation for their political purpose.ā
Cuomo said Democrats who pushed in out of office āused cancel culture to effectively overturn an election,ā referring to his 2018 election victory.
āThe actions against me were prosecutorial misconduct,ā Cuomo said, according to Bloomberg.
The campaign of New York State Attorney General Letitia James pushed back on the comments. James led the stateās investigation into Cuomoās conduct.
āSerial sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo wonāt even spare a house of worship from his lies,ā Jamsesā campaign said in a statement, the Post reported. āEven though multiple independent investigations found his victims to be credible, Cuomo continues to blame everyone but himself. Cuomo wasnāt railroaded; he quit so he wouldnāt be impeached. New Yorkers are ready to move forward from this sick, pathetic man.ā
Erica Vladimer, co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group, also had a criticism of Cuomo to share.
āCancel culture is a term people who donāt believe in accountability use to advance their own narrative. Itās an insult to those who truly see Sunday as a day of worship that heād stand up in a church and continue spewing manipulative lies, instead of taking responsibility for the harm he caused and atoning for those sins.ā
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.