Many leading Democrats who demanded an investigation into Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are less outspoken about the accusations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Ford told the Washington Post in 2018 that Kavanaugh "groped" her and made unwelcome advances in 1982 when they were high school students at different schools.
Earlier this week, former Cuomo aide Lindsey Boylan wrote in a post on Medium that Cuomo had made unwanted advances toward her, forcibly kissed her and suggested she "play strip poker" with him.
Kavanaugh and Cuomo both denied the allegations.
But Cuomo had called Kavanaugh's eventual Supreme Court confirmation a "sham" and said it would energize Americans "to fight even harder for our shared vision for a better future for all."
He also suggested the new Supreme Court justice take a polygraph test.
The White House appeared to distance itself from Cuomo Thursday, with press secretary Jen Psaki saying "any allegation should be reviewed."
Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar, Mazie Hirono, Patrick Leahy, Cory Booker, Richard Blumenthal – all of whom were among the Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during Kavanaugh's nomination hearings in 2018 – did not respond to questions about whether Ford’s allegations were any different from those of Boylan.