President Joe Biden said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, should resign from office following a state attorney general report that alleged he engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment and intimidation that violated state and federal laws.
"I think he should resign," Biden said on Tuesday afternoon during a news conference, adding that "the state legislature may decide to impeach" him. A number of other New York Democrats, including the state's congressional delegation, called on Cuomo to step down.
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, told reporters before Biden's comments that she would leave discussing the allegations against Cuomo up to him.
"I don't know that anyone could have watched this morning and not found the allegations to be abhorrent. I know I certainly did," Psaki said. "All women who have lived through this type of experience, whether it is harassment or abuse or, in the worst case, assault, deserve to have their voices heard, deserve to be treated with respect and with dignity."
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