Vice President Kamala Harris has so far remained silent about the sexual harassment allegations surrounding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, even as members of her party have begun to distance themselves from the Democratic governor.
Harris was a vocal opponent of confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the nation’s highest court when he faced allegations of his own, even saying she would support impeaching the justice after he was confirmed to the bench.
“Christine Blasey Ford, who literally had nothing to gain by coming forward … she looked at the fact that this guy was being nominated and said, ‘the American people had the right to know what I know,’ and she was treated like a criminal,” Harris told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow at the time.
“So yes, I call for impeachment,” Harris continued. “I believe that is the clearest way for us to get an investigation of these allegations, and we should open an investigation of these allegations.”
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Harris also expressed she believed the women who accused President Biden of inappropriate physical contact in the past.
“I believe them, and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it,” Harris said of Biden’s accusers.
Cuomo now faces accusations from three separate women that he made unwanted sexual advances toward them, putting the Democratic governor at odds with his own party in the era of a “Me Too” movement.
Prominent Democratic women, such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have all made statements calling for further investigation into the allegations against Cuomo.
“These stories are difficult to read, and the allegations brought forth raise serious questions that the women who have come forward and all New Yorkers deserve answers to,” Clinton said.
“Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett’s detailed accounts of sexual harassment by Gov. Cuomo are extremely serious and painful to read,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “There must be an independent investigation — not one led by an individual selected by the Governor, but by the office of the Attorney General.”
Clinton previously served as a New York senator, while Ocasio-Cortez currently represents the state in the U.S. House.
Meanwhile, Pelosi called the allegations against Cuomo “serious and credible” in a statement.
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“The women who have come forward with serious and credible charges against Governor Cuomo deserve to be heard and to be treated with dignity,” Pelosi said.
Harris’s office did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
