If Joe can do it, why can't I? Cuomo presents pics of Biden, Obama, Kamala and the Clintons hugging and kissing people to excuse his handsy behavior as part of his desperate defense against AG report

By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com 16:18 04 Aug 2021, updated 18:03 04 Aug 2021

Cuomo, in an 85-page defense against the Attorney General's report, used photos of other Democrats and George Bush in an attempt to show that all politicians get handsy
He says his behavior against women is nothing out of the ordinary and any claim of assault is untrue
Some of the women say he groped their behinds and breasts - which he denies but the AG says is true
Everyone from de Blasio to Biden is now calling for him to stand down but he is refusing to
He now faces impeachment at the NY legislature, civil lawsuits and potential criminal charges in Albany and Westchester, where prosecutors have opened investigations into the allegations

As part of his attempt to excuse hugging and kissing female staff inappropriately over the years, Governor Andrew Cuomo pointed to photos of President Biden, Kamala Harris, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Obama and his own father doing the same.

The photos are included in the Governor's own 85-page rebuttal to the allegations against him by 11 women, which the NY AG upheld yesterday in a bombshell report that has prompted calls for Cuomo to resign.

He is clinging on, refusing to throw in the towel despite being told by Republicans and Democrats alike that it's time to go.

The next step for Cuomo is an impeachment trial at the New York legislature, which has been set in motion by speaker Carl Heastie.

Until then, he will continue to fight his case insisting that he is just a tactile, Italian-American whose friendliness has been misinterpreted.

Here are the images he says show his behavior is nothing out of the ordinary - at least not for prominent Democrats.

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Figure one in Exhibit 2 of Andrew Cuomo's rebuttal to the AG's report is a series of photos of other Democrats hugging which he says proves his behavior is nothing out of the ordinary

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