🧵 1. Cuomo denies knowledge of nursing home order, shifts blame to unknown staffer during testimony to Congress. Rep. Malliotakis calls it "outrageous." #politics
🧵 1. Cuomo denies knowledge of nursing home order, shifts blame to unknown staffer during testimony to Congress. Rep. Malliotakis calls it "outrageous." #politics
🧵 2. March 2020 order mandated nursing homes to accept COVID-19 positive residents, led to thousands of deaths. Cuomo claims it wasn't authorized by him.
🧵 3. Cuomo admits he didn't investigate the directive, which resulted in high death toll in NY nursing homes. Over 15,000 residents perished due to COVID-19.
🧵 4. Despite altering the order in 2021, Cuomo defended it by stating health care workers and family members were sources of infection in nursing homes.
🧵 5. Cuomo previously blamed the Trump administration for the directive, referencing CDC guidance allowing nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients.
🧵 Read more at: https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/cuomo-blames-covid-19-nursing-home-order-unknown-staffer-during-testimony-congress