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The Curse of Cuomo
“May you live in interesting times.”
What a difference two years can make.
In 2020, the Cuomo brothers were riding especially high, in spite of a deadly pandemic, or possibly because of it. Everyone was terrified of Covid, shut inside their houses and therefore consuming a lot of news media.
Democrats hated Donald Trump with the fire of a thousand suns and didn’t trust or believe a word he said about Covid or anything else for that matter. They were, therefore, happy to look to a well-regarded Democratic leader like then-Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Emmys, book deals, personal and professional plaudits rained in from all sides. More than a few Democrats christened themselves “Cuomosexuals”. Heaping praise on Andrew Cuomo became the flavor of the year and everyone from Hollywood to Wall Street to Washington was anxious to jump on the Cuomo bandwagon.
No one knew where Covid19 might take us in 2020, but it was abundantly clear to those of the progressive persuasion that Andrew Cuomo was destined for greatness well beyond the New York Governor’s mansion.
One Cuomo, at least, seemed destined for the White House.
Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo’s younger brother Chris Cuomo was enjoying a tide of high ratings as millions of Americans tuned in to his CNN program to hear all the…