‘Ask President Trump’: Cuomo Blames Trump For Nursing Home COVID Deaths
Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed President Donald Trump for mass deaths in nursing homes after forcing long-term care facilities to take in coronavirus positive patients.
The governor of New York told reporters to “ask President Trump” about the nursing home deaths Wednesday, the New York Post reported, arguing that New York was merely following the federal government’s lead in sending coronavirus positive patients to nursing homes.
“Anyone who wants to ask, ‘Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes,’ it’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidance,” Cuomo told reporters, asked whether he regretted the directive which appears to have resulted in the deaths of thousands of nursing home residents.
“They should ask President Trump. I think that will stop the conversation,” he said, the Post reported.
Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik critiqued Cuomo for blaming Trump, saying in a Thursday tweet: “Governor Cuomo continues to point fingers at the federal government. But here are the FACTS regarding CDC guidance: The Governor’s decisions to MANDATE that nursing homes accept COVID-19 patients completely disregards the case-by-case approach recommended by CDC.”
Governor Cuomo continues to point fingers at the federal government.
But here are the FACTS regarding CDC guidance:
The Governor’s decisions to MANDATE that nursing homes accept COVID-19 patients completely disregards the case-by-case approach recommended by CDC.
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 21, 2020
“CDC guidance was clear that decisions about discharging COVID-19 patients should be based on the ability of the accepting facility to meet the recommended infection control practices,” Stefanik continued. “This includes the ability to place residents in a designated COVID-19 care unit that is equipped with the resources and PPE to safely prevent the spread of infections.”
The congresswoman noted that if nursing homes are unable to follow the CDC’s guidance, they must wait until patients cannot transmit the virus before they can accept these patients, according to the CDC.
“Governor Cuomo’s MANDATE requires acceptance regardless of a nursing homes capacity to safely accept COVID-19 positive cases,” she added.
Cuomo’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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It wasn’t Trump who ordered infected patients into nursing homes, where the virus spread to Non infected patients, but Cuomo most certainly did!
Now Cuomo is looking for a scapegoat, because by all rights, he should be looking at Manslaughter or Murder charges, due to his stupidity!
HUMM…. The “BLAME GAME” is alive and well with each and every Democrat……
President trump worked very hard to get respirators (which 0bama & Bush depleted) he pushed to get those make shift hospitals, even calling on Graham from Samaritan'[s Purse (you know those people that work for free on donations but YOU wanted to TAX them) and then Trump sent a Medical Ship to you Major Cites (which by the way did not treat a single patient-now why is that?)…..
BUT, Your decision (even though you had plenty of bed space in hospitals-yeah, by the way, why DID so many NYC hospitals close?)
BUT it is Trump’s fault??? Why, “Orange Man Bad”, OH yeah 2 things 1) and election…2) TDS and yet your a Governor (who they are pushing to run for President-it is all clear now)
Cuomo is a flipping idiot crybaby still in his crib with no clue what’s in the other room…remember he didn’t know about the 4000 ventilators in storage just sitting there