Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is aiming to run for mayor of New York, according to media reports. Unfortunately for him, his top aide Melissa DeRosa has written a book titled: what hasn’t been saidhis most trusted advisor is revealed to be a complete bitch.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo celebrates the publication of Melissa DeRosa’s new book “What’s Left Unsaid” at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City on October 23, 2023. (Stephen Feldman/Getty Images)
As you may remember, I wrote about DeRosa’s book a few months ago. There are a few things you should know before Mr. Cuomo allows this bird brain to be thrust upon us again.
- Anyone who disagrees with DeRosa is a terrible person. Probably a liar.
— DeRosa was furious after criticizing Cuomo for ordering hospitals in his district to send all ventilators to New York City during a phone call with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) . (As we now know, ventilators were more than just things) useless Used to treat the new coronavirus, but often killed patients. )
DeRosa: “Who have you become?” I asked in disgust. “I’m embarrassed to have anything to do with you.”
“‘What?’ Now she sounded really hurt.
“I said, ‘Yes, I heard you,’ but I didn’t back down. ‘Do you know what it feels like when people ask me how I can be friends with you?’ saying. How to defend Trump. ……I’m ashamed”
— In response to Democratic state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi’s tweet attacking Cuomo for not responding to the coronavirus sooner, or playing commonplace politics, DeRosa wrote: ing.
“I got mad and sent an email saying, ‘You’re both full of shit and you’re both pretty awful people.'”
— Then, after apparently maintaining a lifelong vow to never notice Democratic actions, from the extramarital affairs allegations against George W. Bush and John McCain to the front-page article about the Mitt Romney hair-cutting incident, DeRosa There is this gem from. high school, Against their Russian collusion hysteria:
“Democrats largely believe it’s honorable to play by the rules, while Republicans tend to turn the tables and do the dirty work.”
— DeRosa said the Trump White House “probably [BLM] “Protests turned violent,” said Republican governors who were celebrating when coronavirus cases spiked in their states, calling it “terrible.”
Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa attends Andrew Cuomo’s media briefing on July 13, 2020. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket, Getty Images)
These are just a few examples of how DeRosa’s generosity extends to those with whom he disagrees: the malicious, the liars, the awful. She proudly quotes her own fiery reactions even after it was established that she was wrong and they were right.
Yet, in another episode, she describes a dinner like this: New York Times’ Nick Confessoa said, “We quickly discovered that we both enjoyed the art of a good debate, and the night ended with us discussing politics over vanilla crème brûlée.”
Based on her reactions to others with different opinions than hers, the “discussion of politics” likely consisted of her speaking and her confessor nodding in agreement.
- She’s the bee’s knees!
“At 38 years old, I was the most senior member of Andrew Cuomo’s team, leading the country through a once-in-a-century pandemic, making life-or-death decisions, and presenting our administration’s leadership to an admiring world. It projected competence.”
– “Matt (DeRosa’s husband) said I reminded him of his mother. She was smart and a workaholic.”
— “Next to my father, I was my grandmother’s favorite. Her nickname was my own middle name. I inherited her cheekbones and work ethic.”
— “I may have been one of the most powerful women in New York, but…”
— “Our office was known for being tough. We didn’t shy away from that trait. We were proud of it.” (In contrast to the office of
— “I ran faster, jumped higher, and never let anyone see me sweat…”
- DeRosa is everytime Are crying.
— read an article in the Times about her that highlighted her father as a “powerful lobbyist.” She said, “When I read her headline, I was filled with a wave of emotion, blood ran down her face, tears welled up in her eyes, and her hands began to tremble…”
— Three weeks into Cuomo’s lockdown, “Little things brought tears to my eyes, like a video message from my 8-year-old niece, Ashley.”
— said this after finally allowing me to tell my husband I wanted a divorce. With everything else going on right now…please…it’s too much,” I begged through tears. ”
— Cuomo said from his bed the morning he announced the end of his daily coronavirus briefing. “The enormity, the depression, the pride, the exhaustion overwhelmed me, and I started crying.”
— Later that day, at a staff meeting after Cuomo announced the end of his daily COVID-19 briefing, he said: I grew up being taught that if I did that, especially as a young woman, I would be considered weak or hysterical. …I started crying for the second time that day. This time, instead of curled up in bed, I was standing in front of the entire staff. ”
— when DeRosa met up with friends for drinks after hearing rumors about possible sexual harassment charges against the governor.
“[Friend:] ‘what happened? ‘
“‘This is what happened over the last four months.’ As those words crossed my lips, tears began to well up in my eyes…”
— When Biden was announced the winner of the 2020 election, “I was overwhelmed with raw, pure emotion and felt tears welling up in my eyes.”
–After reading Cuomo’s draft of his resignation speech, “I started crying when I read it.”
— “I started crying” after a madman called her cell phone and threatened to kill her.
The Big Apple should be able to use a solid move like this.
- She calls everyone she works with “smart.”
— “Annabelle Walsh was our director of scheduling. She was 26 years old, very smart, hardworking, and sassy.”
— “Steve and Bill… had total confidence in President Cuomo. Smart, solid, wise to the core…”
— “Dina DeRosa” [Melissa’s grandmother] She was smart, hard-working, warm, and classically beautiful. ”
— “I used to take advantage of girls.” [Cuomo’s children]Smart, curious, [so on]”
“Sarah, a former administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration under President Obama, was extremely tough and smarter than most.”
— “Jack Davis, the up-and-coming smart guy in our press shop…”
— “As President Clinton’s press secretary, [Dee Dee Myers] He was smart and knowledgeable…”
And on and on.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (left) speaks during a regular press conference with Secretary of State to the Governor Melissa DeRosa (R) on March 20, 2020 in New York City. (Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)
- Maureen Dowd should have written about DeRosa sooner.
Despite DeRosa’s insistence that he was in no way “weak or hysterical,” it only took one dastardly Dowd pillar to activate the sewers.
Remember that when you read a column criticizing DeRosa as “one of the most powerful women in New York.” — she dropped her phone and ran to the governor.
“I took a deep breath. My whole body was already shaking.
“Mr. Cuomo pulled me close and said, ‘Okay, okay,’ in a fatherly whisper. ‘It’s okay, shush. It’s okay, I promise. Take a deep breath. Everything is going to be okay.’
Then she drove to her brother’s house.
“Joey pulled me close and told me it was okay.”
After crying some more, she resigned.
Maureen, I wish you had acted sooner.
