DeSantis turns his ire on Biden instead of Covid-19 as it rages in Florida

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Cuomo faces mounting pressure from Democrats to resign”,”duration”:”03:06″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/08/04/andrew-cuomo-allegations-prokupecz-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/08/04/andrew-cuomo-allegations-prokupecz-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210803172340-02-gov-andrew-cuomo-0802-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/08/04/andrew-cuomo-allegations-prokupecz-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”u003ca href=”https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/03/politics/read-ny-ag-report-on-cuomo/index.html” target=”_blank”>The New York attorney general’s investigationu003c/a> into sexual harassment allegations found that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. 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