• Profile Andrew Cuomo, the hero turned villain

The scandal over the accusations of sexual harassment against the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, is beginning to spread to a sector that, in theory, should not only be isolated from criticism of the politician, but also lead them: feminist organizations and in favor of the rights of sexual minorities.

Apparently some of those groups decided to look the other way at Cuomo's sexual conduct case in exchange for

cooperating with him.

This appears to be the case with

Time's Up

(an expression that could be translated as "time is up" or "We can't wait any longer"), an organization that helps survivors of sexual harassment. The president of that group,

Roberta Kaplan,

unexpectedly resigned on Monday due to the harassment revelations against Cuomo. At the same time, the board of the Human Rights Campaign, which is the largest organization defending the rights of LBTGQ + people, has opened an investigation into its president, Alphonso David, in relation to Cuomo's conduct.

Those movements can seem unnerving.

What does an organization that defends people with a non-heterosexual sexual orientation have to do with the accusations against the New York governor, who has only harassed women?

And how is it possible that a feminist group is involved in such harassment?

The answer is that when Cuomo came under the crossfire of these accusations, he decided to hire

several of the most prominent organizations fighting for gender equality in the United States

as

consultants

to educate him and his team about how to avoid sexual harassment (apparently, no one realized the irony that the New York governor's office has to learn to distinguish what is harassment from what is not).

Time's Up was the group chosen to carry out that task. It was, in fact, the perfect organization. It had been founded in Hollywood at the height of the #MeToo campaign, sparked off by revelations about mass sexual harassment perpetrated by producer

Harvey Weinstein

- and which no star had noticed until it hit the press - and among its funders are movie stars

Meryl Streep

, Resee Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and Sandra Bullock, and singers Lady Gaga, Lana del Rey, Ke $ ha, and Cindy Lauper. Its CEO is Tina Tchen, former head of Michelle Obama's office when she was first lady.

Now there are indications that, in exchange for access to political power in New York, Time's Up decided to

break its own rules

and 'let go' the testimonies about Cuomo's attitude, something similar could have happened in the case of the Huma Rights Campaign. These cases highlight the complicated relationship between politicians, donors, Hollywood, and activists. A relationship in which, in the end, the last in line are the victims of harassment.

Victims of harassment who seem to be beginning to play a more active role, as evidenced by the lawsuit filed by one of the women allegedly assaulted by Cuomo.

Meanwhile, the New York Democratic Party continues to prepare the legal and political offensive against its own leader, and it seems increasingly likely that the governor will be subjected to an

'impeachment'

that would trigger his dismissal.

Cuomo, meanwhile, denies his responsibility and rejects his resignation.

In fact, according to some sources, he would be starting preparations to run for re-election in 2024.

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