It's OK when Joe does it! Cuomo presents pics of Biden, Obama, Kamala and the Clintons hugging and kissing people to excuse his handsy behavior as part of his desperate defense against AG report

As part of his attempt to excuse hugging and kissing female staff inappropriately over the years, Governor Andrew Cuomo pointed to photos of President Biden, Kamala Harris, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Obama and his own father doing the same.

The photos are included in the Governor's own 85-page rebuttal to the allegations against him by 11 women, which the NY AG upheld yesterday in a bombshell report that has prompted calls for Cuomo to resign.

He is clinging on, refusing to throw in the towel despite being told by Republicans and Democrats alike that it's time to go.

The next step for Cuomo is an impeachment trial at the New York legislature, which has been set in motion by speaker Carl Heastie.

Until then, he will continue to fight his case insisting that he is just a tactile, Italian-American whose friendliness has been misinterpreted.

Here are the images he says show his behavior is nothing out of the ordinary - at least not for prominent Democrats.

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Figure one in Exhibit 2 of Andrew Cuomo's rebuttal to the AG's report is a series of photos of other Democrats hugging which he says proves his behavior is nothing out of the ordinary