Tea and Vitriol

  Flashback, 2020. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo was at the zenith of his political career and became internationally famous over the way he handled the Coronavirus Pandemic in this state. He locked the state down, forbidding all but the most essential businesses and services from opening, also forbidding groups from congregating on street corners, churches and in private homes. He gave daily press conferences about the progression of the disease, for which he won an Emmy Award. He wrote a book about how he conquered the crisis, which netted him $5 million. He was also accused by upwards of a dozen women of sexually harassing or abusing them. Fast forward, 2021. It was revealed that Cuomo's staff had ghost written his book on a "voluntary" basis. He refused to answer reporters' questions at his press conferences regarding his conquest of the Coronavirus in New York State. His staff revealed that they had fudged the numbers of seniors who had died in nursing hom