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From idol to fine picture: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
Photo: Photo: John Minchillo / AP / dpa
Anyone who criticizes Andrew Cuomo must dress warmly.
New York's governor aggressively fires at anyone who doubts, corrects, or simply questions him - especially since he became America's corona hero.
Even party friends are not immune to the Democrat's infamous outbursts of anger.
The state MP Ron Kim, who sharply attacked Cuomo because of his Corona policy, is also feeling this: the governor yelled at him on the phone and threatened to "destroy" his career, Kim reported.
"It was a very traumatic experience."
Cuomo denied this, but immediately followed suit: Kim, a native of South Korea, was a crook who led an old vendetta against him.
Cuomo "can slander me as much as he wants," Kim replied coldly - that doesn't change his "deadly incompetent management."
The internal party quarrel does indeed have a fatal background.
A year after New York became the global hot spot of the pandemic and Cuomo the telegenic savior, its star is extinguished.
A scandal about the deaths in old people's homes is now fueling a revolt from within its own ranks, plus confused corona rules, massive vaccination problems and his crude management style.
Republicans and Democrats alike want to shut him down, the FBI is investigating - and Cuomo's stubbornness only makes things worse.
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