New York Metropolis mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo has discovered himself on the butt of the joke — but once more — after he reshared a submit from an account boldly named “Andrew Cuomo is a intercourse pest.”
Cuomo, who resigned in shame as governor in 2021 amid a wave of sexual harassment claims, was trolled mercilessly over the mishap — as X customers quipped his social media workforce needs to be fired.
The mockery unfolded after Cuomo’s X account shared a since-deleted submit praising his newly unveiled marketing campaign emblem.
“Sadly I do like the brand new emblem. The solar rising over the crown of the Statue of Liberty is nice,” the unique person, whose deal with is @AnthonyMEmerson, posted.
“Thanks we labored onerous on it,” Cuomo responded
The person then appeared to vary his show identify after the actual fact — guaranteeing the obtrusive “intercourse pest” claims had been in full view on Cuomo’s account.
“Once you retweet Andrew Cuomo is a Intercourse Pest and you might be Andrew Cuomo…hearth your social media workforce proper?????” one X person quipped.
“Quote tweeting is [sic] person with the identify ‘Andrew Cuomo is a intercourse pest’ is hilarious,” one other stated.
“That is actual lmao,” one submit learn.
A spokesperson for Cuomo instructed The Put up the X account’s identify was modified after the mayoral hopeful had already re-shared it.
“It was modified after the actual fact,” his rep, Wealthy Azzopardi, stated.
“We’ve clearly been extra aggressive with our on-line technique and interesting with those that have nice cellphone reception underneath the bridges they name residence is among the nice joys of social media.”
It comes simply weeks after Cuomo was mocked for a mea culpa about his marketing campaign when the ex-governor vowed to give attention to “touching extra individuals.”
