Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo was branded a “lying sack of s—t” by furious families and lawmakers as he deflected blame in a heated congressional hearing Tuesday over his disastrous COVID nursing home order which led to thousands of deaths.
Over the course of the more than two-hour hearing on Capitol Hill, Cuomo was asked several times to apologize to the families in the room who lost loved ones during the outbreak — but never did.
“We have family members right here right now that lost their relatives because of that decision,” said Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.). “I think you should admit that it was wrong, and I’d think you would come off a lot better to those families if you’d just turn around and apologize.”
“You know I’m just going to say, ‘I’m sorry,’” McCormick went on after Cuomo refused to take him up on it. “I’ll say it. I’m sorry your families were exposed to COVID because people were put in the nursing homes that weren’t tested.”
Even when asked by Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell (Mich.) about his callous response — “Who cares?” — to the eventual disclosure of the full death count, the ex-governor declined to say he was sorry.
“I want to say Gov. Cuomo: I care,” Dingell said. “Every member of this committee cares. And more importantly every family member who lost a family member cares. So let’s be very clear about that.”
The “country should have done better,” was all Cuomo had to say to the families in an opening statement that largely shifted the blame to former President Donald Trump.
“He willfully deceived the American people and his lies and denial delayed our response, let the virus spread, and this country never caught up,” Cuomo told members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. --->READ MORE HERE
Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s House testimony on the deaths of thousands of New Yorkers in nursing homes amid the pandemic proved one thing: His arrogance is boundless.
In Tuesday’s grilling by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Cuomo tripled-down on shrugging off responsibility for the deaths caused by his March 25, 2020, “must admit” directive that forced New York care homes to accept contagious COVID patients.
Instead, he insisted then-President Donald Trump “willfully deceived the American people and his lies and denial delayed our response” and “let the virus spread.”
Willful deception? “Lies and denial”? A lot of projection there, Andrew.
He blamed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, too.
“They never called me after [the order went out]. You would think if they had a problem with the directive, they would have called. If it was so outrageous. . .”
As if it was the CDC’s job to micromanage the notorious micromanager.
As gov, the buck stopped with Cuomo, but now he pretends he was little more than a hapless bystander to his administration’s decisions.
In Cuomo’s eyes, he’s the victim.
But his actions during the pandemic speak louder than his words. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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