Gov. Cuomo still won’t accept responsibility for his COVID policy that led to the deaths of thousands of nursing home patients. Today he blamed both experts for incorrect information and staffers for bringing COVID into the nursing homes:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that covid-19 got into New York's nursing homes because of the staff and visitors, not because of patients coming from hospitals due to his March 25th order. pic.twitter.com/2NMKOZxX0w
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 15, 2021
Cuomo first blames the experts, saying that they were wrong about people who were asymptomatic not spreading the virus. And because of this he then blames staffers for bringing the virus into nursing home facilities, saying it was already there or something:
But as Rich Weinstein pointed out on Twitter Cuomo knew in early March, weeks before his disastrous COVID policy, that asymptomatic spread was true:
March 10, 2020, two full weeks before the 3/25 order, Cuomo did an interview on MSNBC and admits its "very feasible" people are walking around asymptomatic and spreading COVID. He just can't stop lying. @JaniceDean https://t.co/l3FGRMgMRc pic.twitter.com/UQZ7vK8E6s
— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) February 15, 2021
As he says, Cuomo just can’t stop lying to protect himself.
Cuomo also blamed the ‘toxic political environment’ for this being a scandal that is now plaguing his administration:
.@NYGovCuomo blames "toxic political environment" for the nursing home scandal plaguing his administration in recent days. pic.twitter.com/OetZbQwnUq
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 15, 2021
In this video Cuomo claims that responded to the DOJ request for information on nursing homes, however Janice Dean says that’s not true either:
Cuomo and his administration did not give anything to the DOJ. I spoke to a senior official in December who told me they gave them nothing. Show me receipts @NYGovCuomo of your correspondence.
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) February 15, 2021
Given Cuomo’s propensity to lie, the fact that it was a Trump DOJ and the admission we just got that they covered up nursing home deaths, I believe Janice is right here. She’s basically telling him to prove it:
The governor and his administration need to show all the info he apparently “gave” or “prepared” for the DOJ
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) February 15, 2021
Honestly, I’m glad we are finally at a point where the media is beginning to hold Cuomo accountable for this scandal. The fact that he’s holding a sorry excuses for a press briefing proves that he’s under the gun. But the media still isn’t holding him accountable like they should:
Why haven’t any reporters asked about @melissadderosa’s admission of covering up the numbers to the democratic lawmakers?
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) February 15, 2021