Mrs Nicole Malliotakis RN.Y. criticized New York’s Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo in “America Reports” on Thursday, claiming that “no one is surprised” that he threatened lawmakers over questions about his role in his government’s nursing home scandal.
The freshman deputy said that Governor Cuomo “abused his power” and called for an independent investigation as well as his resignation.
She added that Cuomo was “vindictive” in the past and is responsible for spreading disinformation to the media and the Justice Department, despite his denial and lack of responsibility.
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS: “Every week we are learning more and more about what happened here and, finally, we are seeing my colleagues on the Democratic side of the hall come forward and say, ‘This is not right.’
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Therefore, we must first resume these executive powers. He abused his power – you see what he is doing with schools, with small businesses and, of course, with nursing homes, but that is only a small part of it. What we want is an investigation, which we know is taking place now. We want it to be done independently and that is, I think, the key to ensuring that there is justice for these families …
As the Twitter sphere is saying, you know, nobody is surprised by that. This is a very vindictive governor. He and those who work for him have intimidated state lawmakers in the past, even [New York City] Mayor [Bill] de Blasio said this morning that this is a common practice by someone like Governor Cuomo.
He’s a bully, and I believe the deputy [Ron] Kim is saying, and I think what we need is for New Yorkers to continue to demonstrate, demanding that their local elected officials pressure this governor to step down …
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The governor is in denial and the only misinformation is the misinformation that his cabinet has provided to state lawmakers, the media and perhaps even the Department of Justice and that is why we need a thorough investigation.
I know the governor is stubborn, he moved a little bit this week and that is what is really shocking, I think, for the thousands of families who have lost loved ones, not even to hear an apology from him. It is almost inhumane not to apologize, not to recognize that something has gone wrong here and that wrong decisions have been made by your management and someone needs to be held responsible. “