Rep. Nicole Malliotakis RN.Y., New York Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo exploded on ‘America Reports’ Thursday, claiming that “no one is surprised” that he allegedly threatened lawmakers with questions about his role in the nursing home scandal of his administration.
The first-year congresswoman claimed that Governor Cuomo “abused his power” and called for an independent inquiry, as well as his resignation.
She added that Cuomo had been ‘vengeful’ in the past and was responsible for misinformation spread to the media and the justice department, despite his denial and lack of accountability.
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS: “Every week we learn more and more about what happened here and finally we see my colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle come forward and say, ‘This is not right.’
GOV. CUOMO’S ‘DAYS END’ AFTER NURSING HOME SCANDAL: REP. MALLIOTAKIS
So we must first take back the executive. He has abused his power – you see what he does to schools, to small businesses and of course to the old age homes, but that’s only a small part of it. What we want is an investigation that we know is happening now. We want this to happen independently and I think that is the key to making sure that there is justice for these families …
As the Twitter sphere says, you know, no one is surprised about this. This is a governor who is very vengeful. He and those who work for him have even bullied state lawmakers in the past. [New York City] Mayor [Bill] de Blasio said this morning it was commonly used by someone like Governor Cuomo.
He’s a bully, and I believe he’s a member of the assembly. [Ron] Kim says, and I think what we do need is New Yorkers to keep talking and demanding that their local elected officials put pressure on this governor to resign …
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The governor is denied and the only misinformation is the misinformation his office has provided to state legislators, the media and maybe even the Department of Justice, and therefore we need to investigate thoroughly.
I know the governor is stubborn, he did dig in his heels this week and it’s really shocking for the thousand families who have lost loved ones not to even hear an apology from him. It is almost inhuman not to apologize, not to admit that things went drastically wrong here and that bad decisions were made by his government and that someone should be held accountable. ‘