Andrew Cuomo Holding Virtual Campaign Fundraiser With Celebs as Business Owners Suffer

Andrew Cuomo Holding Virtual Campaign Fundraiser With Celebs as Business Owners Suffer

Business owners throughout New York are suffering and struggling to pay bills and feed their families, largely due to the COVID policies of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Just this week, he reinstated the ban on indoor dining.

None of this is going to prevent Cuomo from celebrating, however. This week, he is holding a virtual reception as a campaign fundraiser with Hollywood celebrities, a key constituency of the Democrat party.

Janice Dean is the FOX News meteorologist who lost her in-laws to COVID in a rest home:

Restaurants closing, kids out of school, families losing loved ones and livelihoods but @NYGovCuomo is going to celebrate his birthday with his celebrity friends and raise thousands of dollars for himself. Shame on @WhoopiGoldberg @RedHourBen @rosieperezbklyn @hwinkler4real pic.twitter.com/cvZszFcn4u

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) December 12, 2020

Mary Kay Linge of the New York Post has details:

Gov. Andrew Cuomo throwing virtual birthday party to raise campaign cash

Pretty steep for a Zoom call.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is looking to fatten his campaign coffers with an online birthday shindig that will cost supporters up to $10,000 to — virtually — rub shoulders with him and a few of his favorite celebs.

The Thursday evening event, billed as a “Virtual Birthday and Holiday Reception,” will feature appearances by Robert De Niro, Rosie Perez, Whoopi Goldberg, Henry Winkler and Ben Stiller, according to an invite obtained by The Post.

It comes more than a week after the governor’s Dec. 6 birthday, when he turned 63.

High rollers who raise or donate $10,000 will get a code to join a half-hour pre-party Dec. 17, along with “flex tickets” that friends can use to join the main reception later on.

This goes way beyond hypocrisy. It’s outrageous, and people should be outraged.

https://twitter.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1337935782519197696

Emperor @NYGovCuomo is crushing businesses but it’s OK for him to throw a high dollar fundraiser with his celebrity friends for his birthday.

Dems know they can do whatever they want and their isn’t a damned thing you can do about it. pic.twitter.com/26AXJqYoQp

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) December 12, 2020

.@NYGovCuomo just closed all the restaurants… pic.twitter.com/43Pa3dBOGJ

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) December 12, 2020

Schools are closed.

Businesses are closing down.

People can't attend church.

Workers are getting laid off.

Thousands of seniors have died.

But @AndrewCuomo can have a birthday bash fundraiser for himself with his Hollywood elite friends.

What a HORRIBLE human being. pic.twitter.com/TcSmbPL8aU

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) December 12, 2020

Andrew Cuomo ordered all NYC restaurants closed because he’s worried about transmission of a virus that 99.8% of the population has recovered from.

However, a birthday and holiday reception in his name is perfectly fine. No worries there!

Are we being governed, or ruled? pic.twitter.com/cxJBibXJyu

— Zeek Arkham (Deplorable Neanderthal) (@ZeekArkham) December 12, 2020

Some of Cuomo’s defenders on Twitter noted that the event is virtual, but that’s hardly the point.

PS for all of you defenders saying “but but it’s virtual!” the point was NOT about the event itself. It’s that @NYGovCuomo continues to raise money for himself while others are struggling to provide for their families.

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) December 12, 2020

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