The Biden-Cuomo relationship had run deep, reflecting a bond both personal and political.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the president had not spoken to the governor beyond publicly calling on him to resign a day before, after a scathing report from the state attorney general accused him of sexually harassing 11 women and violating state and federal laws.
Within the West Wing, no formal edict has been issued about contacts with Cuomo, who has faced mounting bipartisan calls to step down, or his staff. One White House official said it would be unnecessary to remind anyone of potential fallout should even back-channel communication efforts be underway among the Biden and Cuomo camps.Biden’s own words a day before on the issue were carefully chosen, and seemed reluctantly spoken.
Tuesday was also the day Biden’s Covid team held its biweekly call with the nation’s governors — a call Cuomo himself used to run as chairman of the National Governors Association until he was replaced by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison, a Republican, a month ago. “It is especially nice to have a friend in the federal government who you can call on from time to time who can be a little helpful in greasing the wheels of justice, let’s call it, and the vice president’s office was very, very helpful in expediting this project,” Cuomo said as Biden joined him for the groundbreaking of the updated airport in 2016.
And he spoke of Andrew Cuomo bearing the same burden as his son of having to follow in a father’s footsteps, quoting George W. Bush as saying of his father: “I inherited all his enemies and only some of his friends.”
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