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A new report reveals former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo “edited” a state report to downplay COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, set to interview Cuomo on Tuesday, accused his office of making “demonstrably false” statements in a “cover-up,” according to the New York Post. In June 2024, Cuomo blamed federal and state health officials for the nursing home directive.
“They [Cuomo and his then-staff] want to assert that that order is exactly the same as the federal CMS, which it is not,” Rep. Marc Molinaro said, according to a Daily Wire report. “The state order says, ‘You shall take back individuals and you cannot deny them solely on the basis of COVID,’ which left them no option but to accept individuals that we knew would cause risk to the other patients.”
Molinaro continued: “Andrew Cuomo was attempting to shift blame for what was a clear directive. When they identified and knew that the order was causing great loss, they subsequently cooked the books to suggest that the numbers of those who died in nursing homes were much less than we knew.”
In fall 2020, Andrew Cuomo defended his handling of nursing homes during COVID-19 in an interview with Finger Lakes Daily News. Cuomo blamed the federal government, criticized Florida, and insisted New York never forced nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients.
While New York reported over 6,600 nursing home deaths, the actual number is believed to be higher, as residents who died in hospitals weren’t included. State Senator Tom O’Mara co-sponsored a bill to require accurate reporting, suggesting the confirmed death toll could be double the official count.
The MAGA Congressional Sub-Committee will ignore these truths…but remember what this is: an election year block and tackle operation to protect Trump and deflect from his leadership failures throughout COVID
My op-ed in @thedailybeast https://t.co/iocWK2X4FQ
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) September 9, 2024
Deflect all you want. YOU are responsible for every single death via executive order.
It was not Trump-it was YOU pic.twitter.com/ysWzjLleWr
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) September 9, 2024
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