Not the person who was making that person comfortable. fantastic and necessary point. let s bring back in our kristin powers. this is the point you were making earlier as well. that if it you re going to resign and take responsibility, why do you send your attorney out for 40 minutes beforehand and then in your own speech, essentially take issue, question the credibility of the women that have come forward to express the fact that you made it horrible and worse. right. and let s ring that his staff was working to discredit these women. and there s 0% chance he wasn t involved in that. so hadden hasn t decried it in any way and he has continued to do it. so people make muscle takes. that member can cross the line
When asked particular, as we analyze this moment and day as we get hours away from it and whatever gac defines his next chapter, it s going to be it the end of the treatment. that s right. i think both press conferences were such a reminder for all the progress that we talk about over the last few days that have been made on the me too front, we have a long ways to go. governor andrew cuomo saying that he never thought that he was crossing the line that when he was hugging someone, when he was i kissing someone and speaking to someone in a certain way, he meant it to be kind. he was trying to be friendly. he was just trying to be
Endearing, but it is the culture shift that he was not aware of. the line was almost put ting th blame on the cultural shift taken. not that he meant to do anything offensive. you brought up the press conference held by his lawyer earlier and she had a paur point presentation where she point by point went through some of the accusations from the women, even putting up some of the photos they took with governor andrew cuomo and said look at this photo. does this woman look uncomfortable? it sure doesn t lock like he was cross iing a line. certainly you might be able to tell by looking at these photos if they are sexually harassed. i just really want to stress this point. when somebody says they were sexually harassed, that determination is made by a person who is on the receiving end. not the person who was speaking. not the person who was touching.
Are ri in the state blee. and the like. but there are six district attorneys looking a at this across the state as well. the governor saying he believes most of the facts can be refuted, but acknowledging the lit call math. he s trying to draw a line here. he s trying to say i offended some wimp. i did some things they weren t pleased with. i didn t do anything criminal. you step back and look at this moment. this was 165-page report, 11 women, detailed allegations about grabbing and touching. comments that were suggestive or inappropriate in personal ways. and the fact that he is where he is today speaks to this severity and the magnitude of the charges. he lost all support. the president made clear he wanted to resign. top leaders in the state, the investigations that were underway, he really did have no allies and no top aids had
He said the more serious allegations. he apologized. he said in his defense, he didn t realize the way the line has been drawn. he said some was generational and some of this was cultural. i think it s going to be for years in terms of the moment that we re in. it does solidify that he actions speak louder than words. and his actions got him in a place he really couldn t talk himself out of. it became a matter of reframing. it comes after the me too movement and the trump presidency. it comes when joe biden after the democratic nomination, he s