Termagant cites what Cuomo said!

TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2024

We can't say his statement is wrong: Last Friday evening, former governor Andrew Cuomo guested with Bill Maher. on Bill's HBO show, Real Time. 

During the program's Overtime segment, they discussed the recent New York City criminal trial of former president Donald J. Trump.

Oof. Midway through their exchange, Maher described a major downside to the recent trial:

MAHER (6/21/24): The trial in New York, the one he got convicted for, was the greatest fundraising bonanza ever. He is now—he was lagging behind Biden, and now he’s pulled quite a bit ahead. That trial was the greatest reason people had to send their checks for five, ten, 25, whatever dollars to Donald Trump. 

So I mean, look, it’s a—it’s a Hobson’s choice always with him, because he’s always guilty. Yeah. It’s not like he’s not guilty of any of these crimes, but the repercussions might be worse.

For ourselves, we wouldn't necessarily agree with the claim that Trump was guilty of some sort of crime in that matter. That said, the fund-raising repercussion pretty much speaks for itself.

Bill noted an unfortunate downside to the Gotham "hush money" trial. What Cuomo said in their exchange was much more fundamental. 

Before, then after, Bill's observation, the former governor said this:

CUOMO: The two trials in New York—New Yorkers said, 66 percent said the justice system is politicized. And there's nobody in New York who likes Trump. And still, 66 percent said the justice system is politicized.

That's why I think he's not paying the same price for these verdicts, because they believe it is political. And you want to talk about a threat to democracy—when you have this country believing you're playing politics with the justice system, and you're trying to put people in jail or convict them for political reasons, then we have a real problem.

MAHER: [Remarks on fund-raising bonanza, then this:]

...I was always with you on the one in New York, the hush money trial. I don’t think they should have brought that one. It was just always going to look like a sex case, and people were always just going to look at it that way.

CUOMO: That case, the attorney general’s case in New York, frankly, should have never been brought. And if his name was not Donald Trump, and he—if he wasn’t running for president, I’m the former AG in New York, I’m telling you, that case would have never been brought.

And that’s what is offensive to people. And it should be, because if there’s anything left, it’s belief in the justice system.

To watch the full exchange, in order, you can just click here. (Move ahead to minute 6.)

For the record, it isn't clear which case Cuomo was talking about. Was he talking about the "hush money" case—the criminal case brought by D.A. Alvin Bragg? Was he talking about the civil fraud case brought by Attorney General Letitia James?

Given the context created by Maher's remarks, it isn't clear what case Cuomo was talking about. It is clear that he was saying that at least one of those cases was brought for political reasons. 

That isn't true just because he said it. But the fact that he said it is being widely bruited on Fox.

In Blue America, we won't be told that Cuomo offered this assessment. It isn't true just because he said it, but we Blues will be shielded from the task of having to think about what he said.

A certain termagant was pimping this matter on his primetime "cable news" program last night. He was also talking about Nancy Pelosi's alleged misuse of Botox—he does that pretty much every night—and he was talking about President Biden "sh*tting his pants," another favorite fantasy topic.

On balance, the termagant strikes us as sadly (and weirdly) disordered. So is a great deal of what we get told, and shielded from hearing, over here in Blue America, over here within our own aggressively segregated land.

According to Cuomo, at least one of those trials was an inappropriate political hit. In all honesty, we can't necessarily say that his assessment is wrong.