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In reply to the discussion: Cuomo should absolutely NOT resign [View all]progressoid
(51,374 posts)62. It was more than asking for a kiss.
This is not a paid off accuser:
My story of working with Governor Cuomo
Lindsey Boylan
Lets play strip poker.
I should have been shocked by the Governors crude comment, but I wasnt.
We were flying home from an October 2017 event in Western New York on his taxpayer-funded jet. He was seated facing me, so close our knees almost touched. His press aide was to my right and a state trooper behind us.
Thats exactly what I was thinking, I responded sarcastically and awkwardly. I tried to play it cool. But in that moment, I realized just how acquiescent I had become.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has created a culture within his administration where sexual harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned but expected. His inappropriate behavior toward women was an affirmation that he liked you, that you must be doing something right. He used intimidation to silence his critics. And if you dared to speak up, you would face consequences.
...
I had complained to friends that the Governor would go out of his way to touch me on my lower back, arms and legs. His senior staff began keeping tabs on my whereabouts. He is a sexist pig and you should avoid being alone with him! my mother texted me on November 4, 2016.
...
I tried to excuse his behavior. I told myself its only words. But that changed after a one-on-one briefing with the Governor to update him on economic and infrastructure projects. We were in his New York City office on Third Avenue. As I got up to leave and walk toward an open door, he stepped in front of me and kissed me on the lips. I was in shock, but I kept walking.
...
It was all so normalized particularly by Melissa DeRosa and other top women around him that only now do I realize how insidious his abuse was.
After my tweets about the Governor in December, two women reached out to me with their own experiences. One described how she lived in constant fear, scared of what would happen to her if she rejected the Governors advances. The other said she was instructed by the Governor to warn staff members who upset him that their jobs could be at risk. Both told me they are too afraid to speak out.
I know some will brush off my experience as trivial. We are accustomed to powerful men behaving badly when no one is watching. But what does it say about us when everyone is watching and no one says a thing.
...https://medium.com/lindseyboylan4NY/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e
...more
Lindsey Boylan
Lets play strip poker.
I should have been shocked by the Governors crude comment, but I wasnt.
We were flying home from an October 2017 event in Western New York on his taxpayer-funded jet. He was seated facing me, so close our knees almost touched. His press aide was to my right and a state trooper behind us.
Thats exactly what I was thinking, I responded sarcastically and awkwardly. I tried to play it cool. But in that moment, I realized just how acquiescent I had become.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has created a culture within his administration where sexual harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned but expected. His inappropriate behavior toward women was an affirmation that he liked you, that you must be doing something right. He used intimidation to silence his critics. And if you dared to speak up, you would face consequences.
...
I had complained to friends that the Governor would go out of his way to touch me on my lower back, arms and legs. His senior staff began keeping tabs on my whereabouts. He is a sexist pig and you should avoid being alone with him! my mother texted me on November 4, 2016.
...
I tried to excuse his behavior. I told myself its only words. But that changed after a one-on-one briefing with the Governor to update him on economic and infrastructure projects. We were in his New York City office on Third Avenue. As I got up to leave and walk toward an open door, he stepped in front of me and kissed me on the lips. I was in shock, but I kept walking.
...
It was all so normalized particularly by Melissa DeRosa and other top women around him that only now do I realize how insidious his abuse was.
After my tweets about the Governor in December, two women reached out to me with their own experiences. One described how she lived in constant fear, scared of what would happen to her if she rejected the Governors advances. The other said she was instructed by the Governor to warn staff members who upset him that their jobs could be at risk. Both told me they are too afraid to speak out.
I know some will brush off my experience as trivial. We are accustomed to powerful men behaving badly when no one is watching. But what does it say about us when everyone is watching and no one says a thing.
...https://medium.com/lindseyboylan4NY/my-story-of-working-with-governor-cuomo-e664d4814b4e
...more
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Are you suggesting that the will of the voters only matters when we're talking about Dems?
eggplant
Mar 2021
#39
Totally agree. Not one peep about the scores of women Trump assaulted from them. The days of
Dream Girl
Mar 2021
#3
He should not resign based on accusations alone. But he should if the accusations are proven
Beastly Boy
Mar 2021
#5
perhaps they will explain, but it faces up, barring an explanation, as a very problematic comment
Celerity
Mar 2021
#44
You're correct. He should just stop doing inappropriate, stupid shit. And atone for what he's done.
TygrBright
Mar 2021
#40
When Cuomo walks through a teen age dressing room and pays a stripper $130k hush money
Captain Zero
Mar 2021
#58
Only last week you wrote "We, as "liberals" have a higher bar and higher standard"
LanternWaste
Mar 2021
#52