Gov. Cuomo squirms like a worm on a hook to avoid responsibility

February 16, 2021 By Andrea Widburg

Throughout the spring of 2020, the media celebrated New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo as the model for how to handle the Wuhan virus. He gave charming press conferences, joked around with his vapid brother Chris, and received an Emmy for his splendid media performance. Now, though, we know that Cuomo was actually New York’s grim reaper. Under his aegis, thousands of elderly New Yorkers died unnecessarily.

At the end of January, New York’s Attorney General, the hard-left Letitia James, let it be known that Cuomo’s administration had undercounted the number of nursing home residents who had died when he insisted that patients with the Wuhan virus, upon their release from the hospital, should be sent to nursing homes. This policy was the equivalent of sending leaking gasoline cans and lit matches into the nursing homes, turning them into abattoirs.

After two weeks, Cuomo’s closest aide, Melissa DeRosa, was admitting that the administration had deliberately understated the number of people who died in nursing homes because the Trump administration was beginning to investigate them. The administration also investigated New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, all of which had the same “back to the nursing home” policy as New York, although none were quite as deadly.........To Read More...