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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday his decision to resign from office within 14 days.

Cuomo's resignation comes after a report from the New York attorney general (and accounts from women) showing that Cuomo sexually harassed women working for him and in his inner circle. This follows the New York governor also placing COVID-positive individuals into nursing home facilities and then covering up the subsequent deaths.

Following the report from the New York attorney general, bipartisan calls for Cuomo's resignation began. Interestingly enough, President Biden is one of the individuals who stated the New York governor should step down from his current position.

On Tuesday, the media questioned Biden about the latest developments surrounding New York's Cuomo. The president then responded by claiming that, amid Cuomo's sexual harassment scandal, he did "a hell of a job."

Biden's latest assessment of the New York governor

When the 46th president lauded Cuomo, he spoke about the latter's track record on voting rights, infrastructure, and additional matters.

In other words, Cuomo as governor upheld the policies that Democrats value; this comes despite record numbers of people moving out of New York under Cuomo's watch. At one point, the New York governor even begged fleeing residents to move back to the Empire State.

Nevertheless, the president's assertions that Cuomo somehow did "a hell of a job" garnered pushback. Reporters questioned Biden on how he could make such a claim amid the report showing that the New York governor sexually harassed women.

Biden then moved to draw a distinction between Cuomo's policies as governor versus his personal misbehavior. According to the president, these matters are separate and he was addressing them as such.

Later, Biden claimed that rating the Cuomo's job as New York governor is wholly different from judging his treatment of women.

Two peas in a pod?

Biden himself is no stranger to reports alleging his sexual harassment of women. During the 2020 presidential election cycle, Tara Reade came forward. Reade alleged that Biden sexually assaulted her during his time as a Delaware senator in 1992.

Then-candidate Biden, of course, denied these claims. When reporters questioned the White House days ago about Reade's accusations, press secretary Jen Psaki claimed that proper litigation followed statements from Reade.

Tara Reade believes otherwise and fired back against Psaki via Twitter.