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Cuomosexual is a hashtag created in praise of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo during the Coronavirus outbreak. Cuomo had been praised for demonstrating leadership during the pandemic. In particular, his daily televised briefings about the pandemic attracted media and online praise. The hashtag was inspired by a parody song created by YouTuber Randy Rainbow, who used the term expressing sarcastic sexual attraction towards Cuomo. As the hashtag spread, it was criticized as people reminded others of some divisive policies Cuomo implemented or failed to implement, such as cutting Medicaid during the pandemic and refusing to put a moratorium on rent during the pandemic.

Origin

On April 6th, 2020, YouTuber Randy Rainbow posted a musical parody praising Andrew Cuomo, set to the tune of "Sandy" from the musical Grease. In the song, he uses the line "I identify as Cuomosexual." The song gained over 326,000 views on YouTube. Randy Rainbow also tweeted the video, gaining over 13,000 retweets and 49,000 likes.[1]


Spread

After tweeting the video, the hashtag "Cuomosexual" began spreading on Twitter. User @cindygallop[2] posted, "We are all @randyrainbow on this one. #cuomosexual #stayhome #newyorktough," gaining over 290 retweets and 1,500 likes (shown below, left). User Grace Kaufman also praised the video, gaining over 220 retweets and 1,700 likes (shown below, right).


Cindy Gallop @cindygallop · 17h We are all @randyrainbow on this one. #cuomosexual #stayhome #newyorktough @NYGovCuomo Randy Rainbow @RandyRainbow · 18h From now on I identify as #Cuomosexual...s #StayHome #NewYorkTough Andy! 0:00 1.9M views A Randy Rainbow SONG PARODY
@lmGraceKaufman · 18h Randy, I must confess. I'm a #Cuomosexual also! I think we all are! Grace Kaufman Randy Rainbow J From now on I identify as #Cuomosexual...S #StayHome #NewYorkTough @RandyRainbow · 18h 3:53 1.9M views

Others were much more critical of the hashtag. Twitter user @Wperiyasamy[3] tweeted a list of actions Cuomo had taken during the pandemic which she felt were negative, gaining over 910 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, left). User @mynameisjro[4] also posted a list of negative Cuomo political actions, gaining over 200 retweets and 570 likes.


Winn (MPH, She/Her) @WPeriyasamy · 18h I do not like being an Andrew Cuomo awareness account but during #COVID19, he has: - cut Medicaid - ignored cancelling rent - ignored releasing prisoners - rolled back bail reform Explain to me why #Cuomosexual is trending again? (I know why I just can't understand WHY). Jimmy Vielkind @JimmyVielkind · Apr 1 THE LATEST: New York State Lawmakers Reach Tentative Budget Agreement + Spending reduced; no tax hike + School aid held flat + Billions in Medicaid reductions + @NYGovCuomo has power to do mid-year cuts + Bail law pared back + Pot not legalized wsj.com/articles/new-y... 189 27 918 2.5K
Jason Rosenberg @mynameisjro while #cuomosexual trends, Cuomo makes cuts to medicaid, continues his delay on releasing incarcerated people, neglects 80K homeless New Yorkers, ignores bills to suspend rent, and rollbacks bail reform. he is literally killing the states most vulnerable. stop romanticizing him. 8:51 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Justin Whang @JustinWhang #cuomosexual was trending and I thought people discovered his father's old flyers. VOTE FOR CUOMO, NOT THE H--- Card ean ManDy Porthee the Nortk HA te showts Th ae ther They f fa dal ti They kk ged te er and ha atber in e ho Them y Thee he n e b they are bey fhing t ng ripe Aherde th the bey erwy Joumal P The l h al Aeria NAMBLAigh" te nge in thin type f ty 1 VOCATE Aria' largting and t influrntial ing al peger, tly puhd kng Twepart artick pi the ateof osal chad-leeting in l, SAMBLA partilar ue of 10160 and 1000o Att NAMBLA bere had been armsted for t tnit deseribed herin THE ADVOCATE e i t adamntly bocked then d megted that fraders nd cntribetin te NAMBLA for their egl defene, Al ne tme dad any deny that thoe NAMBLA ebers had not committet y,deribed. Their ly defene iethat he yung boys th det ohject INEWSDAY S2.p 1 HApofKch GATBOY p d Apri had trr thuret came - w whatver Far (ckhe daen wihch v me bephom l Kahand am Plen t hT Sqare A driee helersal al cotanenity of New York 5:20 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App
Héctor E. Alcalá @Hector_E_Alcala #Cuomosexual is trending because this country has no standards. Cuomo failed NYers by working with conservative Dems to block progressive policies in the state. Now we are the epicenter of the #COVID19 pandemic. @RandyRainbow · 43m Randy Rainbow SS From now on I identify as #Cuomosexual...S #StayHome #NewYorkTough
Matt Binder @MattBinder Andrew Cuomo ran a homophobic slogan for his dad's gubernatorial campaign in the 80s "vote Cuomo, not the h---" so fantastic work to everyone tweeting #cuomosexual for finding a way to make your new crush on the guy cutting Medicaid during a pandemic somehow even more disgusting 8:50 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
#LightltUpRed, Instead @pkell7 #Cuomosexual has to be the single strongest sign people are loosing their minds couped up at home 4:58 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App
Sergio Siano @SergioJSiano I would ask why the f--- #cuomosexual is trending but instead l'll just delete my account and go live in the woods. You people are ridiculous and I am done with you. 5:05 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App
BIRD AWARENESS @gamblignant8 #cuomosexual i will piss in the ear of everyone tweeting this unironically. i will rearrange your kitchen cabinets so nothing is where you think it is!! f---! 4:59 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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[1] Twitter – randyrainbow

[2] Twitter – cindygallop

[3] Twitter – wperiyasamy

[5] Twitter – @mynameisjro



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About

Cuomosexual is a hashtag created in praise of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo during the Coronavirus outbreak. Cuomo had been praised for demonstrating leadership during the pandemic. In particular, his daily televised briefings about the pandemic attracted media and online praise. The hashtag was inspired by a parody song created by YouTuber Randy Rainbow, who used the term expressing sarcastic sexual attraction towards Cuomo. As the hashtag spread, it was criticized as people reminded others of some divisive policies Cuomo implemented or failed to implement, such as cutting Medicaid during the pandemic and refusing to put a moratorium on rent during the pandemic.

Origin

On April 6th, 2020, YouTuber Randy Rainbow posted a musical parody praising Andrew Cuomo, set to the tune of "Sandy" from the musical Grease. In the song, he uses the line "I identify as Cuomosexual." The song gained over 326,000 views on YouTube. Randy Rainbow also tweeted the video, gaining over 13,000 retweets and 49,000 likes.[1]



Spread

After tweeting the video, the hashtag "Cuomosexual" began spreading on Twitter. User @cindygallop[2] posted, "We are all @randyrainbow on this one. #cuomosexual #stayhome #newyorktough," gaining over 290 retweets and 1,500 likes (shown below, left). User Grace Kaufman also praised the video, gaining over 220 retweets and 1,700 likes (shown below, right).


Cindy Gallop @cindygallop · 17h We are all @randyrainbow on this one. #cuomosexual #stayhome #newyorktough @NYGovCuomo Randy Rainbow @RandyRainbow · 18h From now on I identify as #Cuomosexual...s #StayHome #NewYorkTough Andy! 0:00 1.9M views A Randy Rainbow SONG PARODY @lmGraceKaufman · 18h Randy, I must confess. I'm a #Cuomosexual also! I think we all are! Grace Kaufman Randy Rainbow J From now on I identify as #Cuomosexual...S #StayHome #NewYorkTough @RandyRainbow · 18h 3:53 1.9M views

Others were much more critical of the hashtag. Twitter user @Wperiyasamy[3] tweeted a list of actions Cuomo had taken during the pandemic which she felt were negative, gaining over 910 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, left). User @mynameisjro[4] also posted a list of negative Cuomo political actions, gaining over 200 retweets and 570 likes.


Winn (MPH, She/Her) @WPeriyasamy · 18h I do not like being an Andrew Cuomo awareness account but during #COVID19, he has: - cut Medicaid - ignored cancelling rent - ignored releasing prisoners - rolled back bail reform Explain to me why #Cuomosexual is trending again? (I know why I just can't understand WHY). Jimmy Vielkind @JimmyVielkind · Apr 1 THE LATEST: New York State Lawmakers Reach Tentative Budget Agreement + Spending reduced; no tax hike + School aid held flat + Billions in Medicaid reductions + @NYGovCuomo has power to do mid-year cuts + Bail law pared back + Pot not legalized wsj.com/articles/new-y... 189 27 918 2.5K Jason Rosenberg @mynameisjro while #cuomosexual trends, Cuomo makes cuts to medicaid, continues his delay on releasing incarcerated people, neglects 80K homeless New Yorkers, ignores bills to suspend rent, and rollbacks bail reform. he is literally killing the states most vulnerable. stop romanticizing him. 8:51 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Various Examples


Justin Whang @JustinWhang #cuomosexual was trending and I thought people discovered his father's old flyers. VOTE FOR CUOMO, NOT THE H--- Card ean ManDy Porthee the Nortk HA te showts Th ae ther They f fa dal ti They kk ged te er and ha atber in e ho Them y Thee he n e b they are bey fhing t ng ripe Aherde th the bey erwy Joumal P The l h al Aeria NAMBLAigh" te nge in thin type f ty 1 VOCATE Aria' largting and t influrntial ing al peger, tly puhd kng Twepart artick pi the ateof osal chad-leeting in l, SAMBLA partilar ue of 10160 and 1000o Att NAMBLA bere had been armsted for t tnit deseribed herin THE ADVOCATE e i t adamntly bocked then d megted that fraders nd cntribetin te NAMBLA for their egl defene, Al ne tme dad any deny that thoe NAMBLA ebers had not committet y,deribed. Their ly defene iethat he yung boys th det ohject INEWSDAY S2.p 1 HApofKch GATBOY p d Apri had trr thuret came - w whatver Far (ckhe daen wihch v me bephom l Kahand am Plen t hT Sqare A driee helersal al cotanenity of New York 5:20 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App Héctor E. Alcalá @Hector_E_Alcala #Cuomosexual is trending because this country has no standards. Cuomo failed NYers by working with conservative Dems to block progressive policies in the state. Now we are the epicenter of the #COVID19 pandemic. @RandyRainbow · 43m Randy Rainbow SS From now on I identify as #Cuomosexual...S #StayHome #NewYorkTough Matt Binder @MattBinder Andrew Cuomo ran a homophobic slogan for his dad's gubernatorial campaign in the 80s "vote Cuomo, not the h---" so fantastic work to everyone tweeting #cuomosexual for finding a way to make your new crush on the guy cutting Medicaid during a pandemic somehow even more disgusting 8:50 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone #LightltUpRed, Instead @pkell7 #Cuomosexual has to be the single strongest sign people are loosing their minds couped up at home 4:58 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App Sergio Siano @SergioJSiano I would ask why the f--- #cuomosexual is trending but instead l'll just delete my account and go live in the woods. You people are ridiculous and I am done with you. 5:05 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App BIRD AWARENESS @gamblignant8 #cuomosexual i will piss in the ear of everyone tweeting this unironically. i will rearrange your kitchen cabinets so nothing is where you think it is!! f---! 4:59 PM · Apr 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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External References

[1] Twitter – randyrainbow

[2] Twitter – cindygallop

[3] Twitter – wperiyasamy

[5] Twitter – @mynameisjro

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