Andrew Cuomo Scandal: Governor’s Survival Likely

When pundits solemnly tell one another that Andrew Cuomo is “in trouble,” I hear my children saying, “Uh-oh, you’re in trouble!” In trouble is, for a kid, a parlous state, fraught with terror. Kids don’t seem to notice that there is, generally speaking, no real punishment that goes with in trouble status. Still, the state of being in trouble bothers kids because kids have a sense of shame. Cuomo does not.

So the Democratic leader of the New York state senate sent a letter calling for the governor to resign. Uh-oh, Cuomo’s in trouble!

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Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith is the film critic for the Wall Street Journal.

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When pundits solemnly tell one another that Andrew Cuomo is “in trouble,” I hear my children saying, “Uh-oh, you’re in trouble!” In trouble is, for a kid, a parlous state, fraught with terror. Kids don’t seem to notice that there is, generally speaking, no real punishment that goes with in trouble status. Still, the state of being in trouble bothers kids because kids have a sense of shame. Cuomo does not.

So the Democratic leader of the New York state senate sent a letter calling for the governor to resign. Uh-oh, Cuomo’s in trouble!