Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who described himself as the “love gov” before his tenure ended this summer in a hail of sexual harassment allegations — expressed confusion in July about what the word “girlfriend” means, according to an investigative transcript released Wednesday.
Under questioning in the state attorney general office’s probe into accusations against him, Cuomo entered into a circuitous semantic discussion about the phrase girlfriend, the transcript of the July 17 interview said.
“How do you want to define ‘girlfriend?’” Cuomo told an interrogator when asked if a woman was a former girlfriend.
The questioner, Joon Kim, responded by asking Cuomo if he had dated the woman, Lisa Shields.
“How do you want to define ‘date?’” Cuomo asked.
Kim said: “I’ll go to my earlier question: Was she your girlfriend? You don’t understand that question?”
After meeting another evasive reply from Cuomo, Kim again asked the disgraced governor to define the term girlfriend.
“Well, girlfriend means different things to different people,” Cuomo said, his linguistic wriggling evoking the lawyerly approach former President Bill Clinton once took under questioning about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
As Cuomo continued to dodge, he at one point defined the term as “a friend who is a girl.”
“How about someone you date, have relations with?” Kim suggested.
“Have relations?” Cuomo asked.
“Kiss — you kiss. You go on dates — would you go on dates?” Kim replied.
“Did I kiss her?” Cuomo said. “Yes. There was a period of time that I kissed her.”
He acknowledged joining her for activities, too.
“I — she is a woman who was a friend who I did see romantically for a period of time,” Cuomo said.
“If you define ‘girlfriend’ as a woman-friend who you see romantically for a period of time, was Lisa Shields a girlfriend of yours?” Kim asked.
“If that is your definition,” Cuomo said, “yes.”
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A total POS. These Marxist Democrats must all take classes in disruption of the English language.
Of course they do, since they FOLLOW MARX and stallin!
He was confused of what the word “girlfriend” means, which immediately made me think of Clinton with his remarks of what the meaning of the word “is” is. Birds of a feather.
You know, This brings back memories of What Bill Clinton once said , to paraphrase former Democrat President, Bii Clinton, I’m going to say this just one Time, ‘” I Did not have sex with that Woman, M. Lainski. ” democrats Seem to have trouble Remembering…
Was he channeling B.J. Clinton (it depends on what the definition of “IS” is)?
Like “Girlfriend” and “Date” are BRAND NEW TERMS?
Well, it’s not hard to understand that Cuomo doesn’t KNOW what those terms mean, as he clearly doesn’t know what “consensual” or “NO” means, either!
He must have been schooled BY Bill…
Cuomo is a BIGGER Fool than Beijing Joey and Knee Pads Harris . Cuomo , O’biden and Knee Pads Harris . They are always trying to hide the TRUTH. IF they ever told the TRUTH they would probably fall off the Tracks. Or their Tongue s
will fall of its Roller.
In what universe does this idiot and his lawyers (also flaming idiots) live? Unless you live on Jupiter (we can only wish this for Cuomo), the meaning is pretty universal. Unless you are an IDIOT, which has already been established and confirmed.
It is no wonder this idiot don’t know what girlfriend means, he (along with the whole demo party) don’t even know the difference between girl & boy.
True that. HOW CAN someone who doesn’t even know what gender they are, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT a girl friend is!