Andrew Cuomo has been on a nonstop victory lap since the COVID19 outbreak began. And now that he’s got a new book out, he’s only managed to become even more insufferably self-righteous.
But as The Blaze’s Stu Burguiere points out, Cuomo’s got absolutely nothing to be proud of.
Andrew Cuomo’s new book is out, a fictional tale in which he proclaims himself master of coronavirus and viral savior of New York. But that’s not even close to true. Let's just go through Cuomo’s actions in the most important month. March. 1/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
It’s amazing how many terrible decisions one man can make in the span of a month.
Game/set/match —> https://t.co/OFPU32Eqfb
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 16, 2020
This thread is incredibly damning of @andrewcuomo. https://t.co/teQZepFzYZ
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) October 16, 2020
And how:
March 1: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces New York City’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. https://t.co/C0IcJENJUm 2/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 2: Cuomo would spend this period strenuously arguing that New Yorkers were worrying too much. “In this situation, the facts defeat fear. Because the reality is reassuring. It is deep breath time.” https://t.co/rIUyIBdDpY 3/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 3: Cuomo finally takes immediate action on the crisis… the “vaping crisis.” Holds rally at capitol, trends #NoVapeNY on Twitter https://t.co/nX3Kanto2O 4/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 4: Cuomo: "We have an epidemic caused by Coronavirus but we have a pandemic that is caused by fear.” https://t.co/D0QWNtKMVz He gives a version of this line in almost every interview he does. 5/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 5: Think of the criticism lobbed at the Trump administration about "downplaying" the virus. Cuomo does this over and over and over… “Here, the facts do not merit the level of anxiety that we are seeing.” https://t.co/eQlLTdZPd3 6/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Remember all of that criticism of republicans who were comparing Covid to the flu? Cuomo did that too. March 6: Cuomo: “We have more people in this country dying from the flu than we have dying from coronavirus.” https://t.co/ghjC3GR8uQ 7/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 7: After weeks of telling people not to worry so much, and comparing Covid to the flu, Cuomo signs E.O. declaring virus a disaster emergency in the state of New York. https://t.co/Qr2eFpHXL3 If he knew he was doing this, why would he be downplaying the situation? 8/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 8: As NY coronavirus cases hit triple digits, Cuomo again tries to convince New Yorkers not to worry: “This is not the Ebola virus, this is not the SARS virus, this is a virus we have a lot of information on…” https://t.co/qFjFomkGBF 9/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
This might be Cuomo's best moment as he finally says something that is objectively true. COVID-19 is not SARS. For example, more people would die in New York from COVID *just on April 4th*, than SARS killed in the entire run of the virus worldwide. 10/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Also, more people also died in Cuomo's state from COVID than the entire SARS crisis worldwide on April 5th. And April 6th. And the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 17th. To remind you, this person wrote a book about what a good job he did. 11/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 8: Cuomo is still telling people to go on the subway with minor modifications: “If you can move to a train car that is not as dense. If you see a packed train car, let it go by, wait for the next train. Same if you’re taking a bus.” https://t.co/9swmsSNd9e 12/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 9: The Cuomo downplay in effect again: “This is not the Ebola virus. This hysteria that you see, this fear that you see, the panic that you see is unwarranted. We have dealt with worse viruses.” https://t.co/798OQrbCOU 13/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
It's true that COVID-19 is not the Ebola virus. In fact, COVID would go on to kill more people *just in NY* in *just the first two weeks of April* than Ebola has globally, in all of human history. 14/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 9: In an unsettling episode of cringeworthy performance theater, Cuomo unveils a plan to force prison inmates to supposedly make hand sanitizer. Capitalism, not the virus, is the thinly veiled target. https://t.co/8sYVvyiob9 15/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Did I mention this was cringeworthy? Cuomo describes the "floral scent" of his sanitizer ("lilacs, hydrangeas, tulips") and then sniffs his hands while health officials are telling everyone not to put their hands near their faces. https://t.co/kiRvXBeA9h 16/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
He then asks the person next to him to also smell his hands. During a pandemic. Gross. https://t.co/kiRvXBeA9h 17/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 11: Cuomo laughs at what he sees as a reporters funny accent, and then imitates it. He cracks himself up, while earning the headline: "Check Out Andrew Cuomo’s Horrific Irish Accent" https://t.co/ojW9o3sOSC 18/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
For 6 years, CNN had banned Chris Cuomo from interviewing his brother – for reasons obvious to anyone who has ever even heard of journalism. On March 11th, when serious examination of Andrew Cuomo's record was most important, they lifted the ban. https://t.co/ksLUBJOAXs 19/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
On March 12th, the day after the NBA pulled the plug on its season, Cuomo: “There’s not going to be any quarantine” and claims "individual mobility is what we're all about" while reassuring New Yorkers there won't be any "stay in your house rules." 20/ pic.twitter.com/g8oNt1Fe6T
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 13: MSNBC: “How would you characterize where things stand right now in New York State…? Cuomo: “I don't think it's any different here than anywhere else. The anxiety and the fear is as much of a problem as the virus.” 21/ pic.twitter.com/H3Zdo3y177
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 16: While President Trump announces “15 Days to Slow the Spread” and NY climbs to 950 cases and 7 deaths, Cuomo goes on The Today Show https://t.co/7ogQ02kZBM 22/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
And GMA: https://t.co/YWTtNDy3lJ
And New Day: https://t.co/6LEGCaUOJ0
And Morning Joe: https://t.co/wPw1n7nyZa23/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
On March 17: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio: “Absolutely considering” a shelter-in-place order for New York City. https://t.co/5hqvwXkyOk Cuomo says there will be no shelter-in-place order https://t.co/izJceLaVdB
24/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 18: Cuomo: “…that is not going to happen, shelter in place, for New York City.” Says AGAIN that fear is worse than the virus, and that he "shut that down, immediately" when talking about a shelter in place. 25/ pic.twitter.com/1D4tuVmv8k
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 19: The very next day Cuomo orders businesses to reduce in-office personnel by 75%. https://t.co/BqGJm6JCzB 26/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 19: Cuomo: “Are we reducing density? Yes. Do we want people to stay home? Yes. Are we going to do quarantine, are people imprisoned in their homes? No.” 27/ pic.twitter.com/kVt2XvtUnC
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
FYI, fear was still worse than the virus on March 19: “we are fighting a war on two fronts. We are fighting the virus and we are fighting fear. And they are two totally different situations that you have to deal with. In many ways, the fear is more dangerous than the virus.” 28/ pic.twitter.com/LrYcVf4FKu
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Also on March 19, a shut down was still not happening. “I said where did you hear that? "Well, that's what they say. That is what I am hearing." And I was saying I would know, right? Because I would have to authorize those actions legally. It is not going to happen.” 29/ pic.twitter.com/l0CKxQLJR5
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Literally the next day Cuomo shut down New York. One day after promising is was not going to happen. “So we're going to put out an Executive Order today. New York State on pause.” 30/ pic.twitter.com/jndeB0I0vD
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
The shut down came just three days after publicly slamming Deblasio for even suggesting it. It is really, really hard to come out on the wrong side of a conflict with Bill Deblasio. Everyone hates him. But, Cuomo pulled it off multiple times during the crisis. 31/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
The shutdown also came four days after @realDonaldTrump announced 15 Days to Slow the Spread. Cuomo regularly criticizes the President for acting too slow. He was slower. 32/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 20: Cuomo announces Matilda’s Law, named after his mother. “Who are we worried about? Seniors, compromised immune system, people with underlying illnesses. Where are the places we're really worried about? Nursing homes, senior congregate facilities.” 33/ pic.twitter.com/nGuzpQIouR
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
With the situation spiraling out of control and Cuomo begging the National Guard for help as cases pass 20,000 (known), U.S. News publishes article, “How Coronavirus Made Andrew Cuomo America’s Governor”. https://t.co/dmbE0SJOTE ????? 34/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 24: Why did Cuomo’s initial health strategy fail? Let him tell you in his own words: https://t.co/q7nqhvQkjJ 35/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 24: Andrew is able to find time for some soul-searching with “journalist” brother, Chris. This is really funny because two brothers are laughing about stuff on a news network during a pandemic. Hard hitting journalism. 36/ pic.twitter.com/7ZIlaRyPgR
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 25: VICE exposes that the whole hand sanitizer stunt was a lie. Prison workers were not actually making hand sanitizer at all. https://t.co/FWfhdukjoy 37/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 25: Perhaps the worst single decision by any government entity in the entire pandemic response. Cuomo releases the now-infamous “Advisory: Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Nursing Homes” for New York. https://t.co/W9PoJ8zCIn 38/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
The advisory required nursing homes to *import* COVID-19 positive patients. “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the (Nursing Home) solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19." 39/ pic.twitter.com/jjL7AFFBkw
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
It also prohibited nursing homes for even TESTING for the virus for new or returning patients. 40/ pic.twitter.com/chyFV3aaAQ
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
We will never know for sure how many lives this decision was ultimately responsible for ending. But, we do know that to this day, Cuomo continues to lie about how many people died in nursing homes, by not counting nursing home residents who die at the hospital. Awful. 41/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Cuomo, on the same day as the nursing home order:“These are people we love. These are our grandparents. And we're going to do everything we can to protect every one of them. And I give the people of the state of New York my word that we're doing it." https://t.co/JOnxUhcXZe 42/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
March 26: Things are going so poorly in New York, Rhode Island closes its borders to New Yorkers, citing it as a “hotspot”. https://t.co/psy0MfMiRb Cuomo complains that this isn't "neighborly." He would later institute similar restrictions on southern states. 43/ pic.twitter.com/EpJtyMnmSD
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Cuomo knew the risks of his policy with nursing home residents. How do we know this? Because the nursing homes told him. On March 29, the Society for Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Medicine released statement on Cuomo's nursing home advisory. https://t.co/AxqiVbwL0B 44/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
As they clearly and emphatically noted “…caring for COVID-19 (+) residents (is) unsafe and jeopardizes all patients in the nursing home.” 45/ pic.twitter.com/xTyYc2RgXa
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
“Nursing home capability to provide high-quality infection control may be limited due to situational factors…such as competencies of remaining available staff; (And) loss of physicians… due to illness, quarantine, or surge needs at other institutions.” 46/ pic.twitter.com/KiRXLp407z
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
“Many homes do not have private rooms.” 47/ pic.twitter.com/1DvBkf6aa8
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
"…a new admission to a nursing home from a hospital
can impact the health of all the other residents with dire, and indeed fatal, consequences." Cuomo did it anyway. 48/ pic.twitter.com/M5TG0EW0CN— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
While this list is incomplete, it is more than enough. Cuomo oversaw the single worst coronavirus response in the world. The worst. And today, he is celebrating himself in a book and engaging in a press tour. It is disgusting. 49/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
It's also important to remember how many real people had their lives destroyed by all of this. It's quite possible Cuomo would be getting away with this if not for the efforts of people like @JaniceDean. I hope the media will someday hold Cuomo accountable. 50/
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
Here are links to some of the timeline shows if you'd rather youtube.
The Cuomo Timeline Part 1https://t.co/v8KSzrmZvF
The Cuomo Timeline Part 2https://t.co/KfwhKj2y0A
The Cuomo Timeline Part 3https://t.co/ZMCrCH9Cvfhttps://t.co/lETZ27Eonz
— Stu Burguiere (@StuDoesAmerica) October 15, 2020
TL:DR version? Andrew Cuomo is not a good person. He is, in fact, a very bad person.
And he has blood on his hands.