NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Donald Trump caused the COVID outbreak in New York.”
Infamously inept Governor whose policies contributed to nursing home coronavirus carnage, lashes out.
As Professor Jacobson noted, we have now entered into anti-Trump cycle during which the Democrats will push at least one “wrap up smear” a week in the battle against President Donald Trump’s reelection.
This week’s offering seems especially contemptible. It appears that leading Democrats and their media minions are blaming Trump for the COVID-19 pandemic.
For example. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directly blamed the President for the spread of the virus in his state.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Donald Trump caused the COVID outbreak in New York. Donald Trump caused the COVID outbreak in New York.” pic.twitter.com/KVoz89xYQW
— The Hill (@thehill) September 8, 2020
Then there was MSNBC’s Chris Hayes acting on behalf of the media to push message .
Trump is objectively pro-Covid.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 8, 2020
There are many facets of response to this inanity. To begin with, New York’s Governor is likely feeling the heat from the investigation concerning the number of nursing home deaths in his state.
New York’s official nursing home death toll is over 6,600, though The Associated Press reported last month that the number could be undercounted because New York only counts residents who died on nursing home property to determine the death toll. Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests that New York could have a nursing home death toll of over 11,000, according to the AP, which is apparently the source of the figure in the president’s tweet.
The Justice Department is currently considering an investigation into whether four Democratic-led states, including New York, violated the civil rights of nursing home residents by requiring nursing homes not turn away other residents for readmission after they had COVID-19. The Trump administration has come under fire as a result, with critics seeing the probe as politically motivated.
Next, I find it fascinating that Cuomo, Hayes, and the rest of the Democratic Party/Media complex is sweeping China’s involvement in the origin and spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus under the rug. It’s a good thing that both the Internet and I have long memories.
- WHO Quietly Admits China Didn’t Self-Report Coronavirus, Contrary to Prior Report
- German Intelligence Service Confirms China’s President Xi Pressured WHO to Delay Coronavirus Warnings
- China Rejects Demands for Outside Investigation into Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak
- China’s desperate attempt to erase its connection to the Wuhan coronavirus is not going well
- Report: China Destroyed Evidence of Wuhan Coronavirus in December
However, I suspect the real basis for this particular smear is that Trump is poised to benefit from some good news related to the Wuhan Coronavirus. The number of bases in the US has plummeted to a 3-month low, and as treatments become more effective and available, the number of fatalities will also decline substantially.
Less than 25,000 new coronavirus cases were reported on Monday, the lowest number of daily confirmed cases in close to 12 weeks, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Just more than 24,000 new cases were tallied Monday with 267 deaths. Over the past week, there have been an average of more than 37,000 U.S. cases reported per day.
Additionally, there is “Operation Warp Speed”, which looks as if it could deliver a vaccine to the public just ahead of the election. The fact that the Coronavirus Task Force’s Dr. Anthony Faucci says a vaccine won’t be available by then suggests that the opposite is likely to be true.
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday a coronavirus vaccine probably won’t be ready by the U.S. presidential election even as the Centers for Disease and Prevention asks states to ready distribution facilities by Nov. 1.
At a health conference, Fauci said it’s more likely a vaccine will be ready by “the end of the year” as drug companies Moderna and Pfizer race to complete patient enrollment for their late-stage vaccine trials by the end of September.
If this is where we now stand in the anti-Trump crisis news cycle, then the Democrats are going to be exploring the hard boundaries of deep, panicked desperation by November 3rd.
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This is simply ongoing insanity. If President Trump had shut off travel from Europe, the Dems would have gone foaming at the mouth, totally bat guano crazy. They reacted strongly enough with just the Chinese ban but to seal the country off? Instead of needing ventilators, we would have needed strait jackets.
NANA KILLER Cuomo needs a strait jacket and a padded jail cell……..
Stick this in his face.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
The last time voters elected a Republican mayor:
Seattle – 1964
Minneapolis – 1957
Portland – 1952
Chicago – 1927
Washington, D.C. – NEVER
But Democrats want to blame President Trump for crime in these cities?
Criminals always blame someone else.
Usually their victim – it’s a proven fact in history and psychology – self-projection.
I’m picturing one of those Family Circus “Not me” cartoons, with Hizzonah as the little kid.
No matter what the president does or says people should do, the Dems and the media always say the opposite. I’d almost be willing to place money that if Trump talked about the beautiful blue sky outside during a press conference, the media would try to figure out how to spin it that it was actually pouring rain or the sky was really some odd shade of green.
If Trump started wearing a mask at all appearance and informing us that everyone needs to wear one whenever they leave their house, I would place money that within a week all the mask mandates would be gone.
Yeah, maybe he should borrow a page from Opposite George Constanza. That’ll confuse the lefties.
Here’s a comment I made at a story on Breitbart three years ago.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/02/jim-acosta-no-idea-many-immigrants-speak-english/
Let’s state a fact or two here. Nothing that Mr. Miller could have said to Mr. Acosta’s questions would have satisfied Mr. Acosta, and no immigration policy of this administration, no matter how lenient or reasonable, would ever be met with the approval of the MSM. From those givens, a reporter gets to ask one question, it will be answered. That’s it – next question from next reporter. There is no satisfying people on a mission like Acosta – his job is to not be satisfied and to be unhappy with everything Trump does. So why waste time even pretending that multiple replies to the same question, or answers to a series of questions, would be met with the media’s satisfaction and/or approval? They have made it their job to be dissatisfied. So let them be dissatisfied with a single answer to each reporter’s single question and let’s not waste any more of anyone’s time. Acosta would have argued with Miller over what day it was.
Blue skies are a result of global warming!!!11!!!!!1!!!
The Chutzpah and Gaslighting on Cuomo’s scale is breathtaking! What a political luxury to say or do ANYTHING and the dinosaur media, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat party, has your back. Absolutely zero fear of contradiction.
Fredo’s brother is such a pathetic lying dickhead. Everybody knows who fucked up and killed Nana.
Shows you the Gov. thinks his constituents are dummies not capable of handling the truth.
Didn’t New York implement a COVID-19 travel advisory along with a couple of other NE states last June? Why did Coumo wait on Trump to implement a travel ban on Europe?
Cuomo was several months late in doing that…..
Typo in text paragraph 7: “The number of bases in the US …”
You mean “cases.”
I guess he doesn’t remember history and the No ban Act.
– On January 4, President Trump dedicates part of State of the Union Address to the Coronavirus issue. Nancy Pelosi tears up her copy of this address on national television.
– On January 5, Florence Italy holds “Hug a Chinese Person Day”.
– On January 9, NYC holds Chinatown parade with assurances of no danger from the mayor and the NY health commisioner
– On January 14, WHO declared no evidence of human-to-human transmission of virus.
– On January 15, House impeachment managers deliver the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the U.S. Senate.
– On January 15, The first person with corona virus traveled to Washington State, U.S.A.
– On January 21, Dr. Fauci makes this statement about the Coronavirus: ““This is not a major threat to the people of the United States and this is not something that the citizens of the United States should be worried about right now,”
– On January 23, At an emergency committee convened by the World Health Organization, the WHO says that the Wuhan coronavirus does not yet constitute a public health emergency of international concern.
– On January 23, 1st evidence of community transfer within U.S.
– On January 23, House impeachment managers made their opening arguments for removing the president to the Senate.
– On January 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom in Beijing. At the meeting, Xi and the WHO agree to send a team of international experts, including US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff, to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak.
– On January 29, The White House announces the formation of a new task force that will help monitor and contain the spread of the virus.
– On January 30, senators began asking two days of questions during the impeachment trial.
– On January 31, Trump declared a ban on travel to the U.S. from China, which Democrats then criticized as xenophobic for the next several weeks, press cites “experts” claiming it is counterproductive.
– On January 31, Trump administration announces mandatory quarantines in response to corona virus.
– On February 5, Schumer tweeted, “The premature travel ban to and from China by the current administration is just an excuse to further his ongoing was against immigrants. There must be a check and Balance (sic) on these restrictions.”
– On February 24, Pelosi says to shop more: “‘Come to Chinatown … come join us”
– On February 24, Schumer gave a blistering attack in which he accused Trump of being “asleep at the wheel” and having “no plan.” He lied that the White House had significantly reduced the resources available for fighting the disease, and railed that the president “has been slow to take action to confront the virus abroad.” Huh? What are we supposed to do, send the Marines into Milan?
– On February 25, Mardi Gras was held with few people sounding warnings
– On February 26, Pence takes over task force, daily briefings begin.
– On March 1, just 42 confirmed cases in U.S.
– On March 3, NYC mayor encourages New Yorkers to go to the movies.
– On March 5, Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) introduced the “No Ban Act”, which would have prevented Trump from implementing his travel ban. It was co-sponsored by 219 House Democrats. Senate Democrats also tried to prevent Trump from implementing his travel bans, introducing legislation that would block funds from being used to enforce them.
– On March 5, NYC mayor rides the subway to assure people it is safe to do so.
– On March 11, WHO acknowledged a pandemic scale.
– On March 12, Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and other democratic leaders retracted the “No Ban Act”
Donald Trump: “I plead the 10th Amendment.”
If it weren’t for Biden Sonny Comatose would be the most out-of-touch-with-reality politician in America.
Silly. This man is as stupid as the rumors had it. All the creativity of a half-wit 7-11 thief.
Not to mention ugly as a muddy tire tread.
Is Trump responsible for spreading Covid in every country in the world? If China sends flights of infected people to every major city, is Trump responsible? Cuomo is a murderer.
Alexa, what is “projection”?
This guy really thinks he’s Al Capone.
Another PDJT term – with a new attorney general, of course – a guy who does not live in the 1990s) – and cuomo is going down.
Coumo isn’t going anywhere. Nor is Hillary Clinton or any of the other miscreants. With respect: you are in a dream world.
Asinine is the word that comes to mind…
NY proved that the combination of Covid-19 and TDS is deadly.
Yep.
An he shut down travel against all odds.
Everybody hated that.
Then, he found out about Hydroxychloroquine.
Told us about it. Bought us 60 million doses which we now own.
They froze it.
He pushed through serum treatment.
Approved!
Next day… denied.
Now, the vaccine is being shot down, and nobody has seen it yet.
Look, with unlimited money, the most expensive vaccine in history should be worth a look.
If I were the godfather I’d have this tool hit.
NY posting 25,367 fatalities from Covid-19 up to today, wouldn’t doubt 11,000 if not more are from nursing homes.
From what I have seen of “nursing” homes and “retirement” homes, I’d want to die if I were condemned to live out my declining years in one.
I live in constant horror that I will end up in one. I have virtually nothing in common with my contemporaries; I never shared their interests or tastes. i can hear the social director now: “Mr. Grizzly, tonight is Beatles Night! SURELY you want to join in! Then this weekend is a marathon of all of the Star Wars movies, won’t that be FUN?!?
Shoot me.
Activities designed to appeal to those with dementia and infatuated with pop culture – but I repeat myself.
and those infatuated with pop culture.
My kingdom for an editor.
Cuomo and DeBlasio have killed more people with their policies in 9 months than all the guns in NY did in a decade.
Cuomo is a complete buffoon.
At least he’s thorough.
The rest of us have to visit our loved ones through a window in these institutions. Fry the ducker.
Detached from the realities of his decisions.
The “the Gov killed Nana” signs must be really getting to him.