“The governor needs to look inside his heart, he loves New York, to see if he can govern effectively,” Pelosi said on ABC’s This Week.
“What I said at the time when these revelations came to light, I said what these women said should be treated with respect. These are credible and serious charges, and then I asked for an investigation. I have confidence in the lawyer. “General of New York,” Pelosi said. “Again, with all due respect to the world for what these women have come forward and said.”
While Cuomo apologized for ‘making someone feel uncomfortable’, the Democrat insisted he ‘never touched anyone improperly’.
Pelosi said on Sunday that “people need to look at themselves and say, and also government Cuomo, how effective is their leadership in leading the state under the circumstances that exist there? But I think the women deserve the results of these investigations “Like the governor. No tolerance, no tolerance, this is a subject close to my heart.”
The California Democrat, who was asked by ABC’s Stephanopoulos of ABC whether to resign Cuomo, replied: ‘I think we should see the results (of the investigation), but he can decide – and hopefully this result will be soon – and what I am saying is that the governor should look into his heart, he likes New York to see if he can govern effectively. ‘
Asked by CNN after the interview why she would not ask Cuomo to resign – despite Schumer doing so, Pelosi said on Sunday: ‘He’s a New Yorker, I said what I said, it’s my statement. ‘
Schumer repeated the call Sunday, telling MSNBC that Cuomo had lost the trust of others that he needed to lead his home state.
“I salute the brave women who came forward,” Schumer said Sunday morning. “There are multiple, serious, credible allegations of abuse, so that Cuomo’s governments have lost the trust of his government partners and so many New Yorkers, so he must resign to the good of the state.”
Asked who Cuomo would listen to in the New York delegation, Schumer replied, “Look, I’m not going to speculate about the future, he has to resign, he has to resign.”
Cuomo made it clear during a conference on Friday that he would not resign from office despite public pressure.
“I’m not going to resign. I was not elected by the politicians, I was elected by the people,” he said, insisting that “New Yorkers know me.”
This story was noted Sunday with comments from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.