Cuomo's Choose Fear Over Love

Bullying New York Governor and CNN Anchor Brother Damage Dad’s Legacy

March 6, 2021 – The current political troubles of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo – now accused of sexual harassment and fudging COVID nursing home death numbers -- stem back to the year 1512, said Daniel DiSalvo.

“The great Italian philosopher, Machiavelli’s phrase, was ‘choose to be loved or feared,’” the chair of the City College of New York’s political science department told the Retail Politics Podcast with Gerry Shields on Sunday.

“Cuomo has mostly chosen fear,” he said.

Machiavelli is most known for writing the book, The Prince. Andrew and his CNN anchor brother, Chris, are the sons and princes of the former legendary Democratic New York Governor Maria Cuomo, beloved for his intelligence, wit, and public service to the poor.

Chris Cuomo has gotten into angry scrapes with people off camera, launching into a profanity-laced tirade after a heckler called him Fredo, a reference to the weak brother in the classic Italian mob movie, The Godfather.

He later accosted a Long Island bicyclist who admonished him for failing to wear a mask and quarantine after contracting COVID while appearing on his show telling Americans to follow COVID protocols.

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The Retail Politics Podcast with Gerry Shields can be heard at retailpoliticspodcast.com and on Apple and Spotify. Shields is a former congressional correspondent and author of the new book: The Front Row: My Jagged Journey Recording American History from Reagan to Trump, now available on Amazon.com.