{"id":53210,"date":"2021-02-19T17:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53210"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:09:14","slug":"geriatric-genocide-growing-chorus-in-the-house-demanding-full-investigation-of-cuomo-nursing-home-coverup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53210","title":{"rendered":"GERIATRIC GENOCIDE: Growing Chorus in the House Demanding “Full Investigation” Of Gov. Cuomo’s Scandalous Nursing Home Coverup"},"content":{"rendered":"

AOC Demands “Full Investigation” Of Cuomo Nursing Home Coverup<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Now that President Trump is gone, Democrats are no longer circling the wagon around New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his\u00a0nursing home scandal<\/strong>\u00a0– which began last year after reports that COVID-positive patients were being\u00a0housed in nursing homes<\/a>, and most recently intensified after Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa privately admitted to state lawmakers that they had deliberately concealed nursing home deaths out of fear they would be “used against us” by the Trump DOJ.<\/p>\n

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Now,\u00a0Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wants answers<\/strong>\u00a0– writing in a Friday statement: “I support our state\u2019s return to co-equal governance and stand with our local officials calling for a full investigation of the Cuomo administration\u2019s handling of nursing homes during COVID-19.”<\/p>\n

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“Thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers lost their lives in nursing homes throughout the pandemic<\/strong>. Their loved ones and the public deserve answers and transparency from their elected leadership, and the Secretary to the Governor\u2019s remarks warrant a\u00a0full investigation<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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According to the\u00a0New York Post<\/em><\/a>, Cuomo’s scandal\u00a0intensified in recent days<\/strong>\u00a0after State Assemblyman Ron Kim accused the governor of threatening to “destroy<\/a>” him if he didn’t help contain the fallout from the political quagmire.<\/p>\n

Kim was supported by\u00a0a dozen state Assembly Democrats<\/strong>, who also publicly backed legislation\u00a0seeking to strip Cuomo of his pandemic-related emergency powers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“As a co-equal branch of government, the Legislature is well within its rights to seek oversight of executive action. In fact, we have a duty to seek that oversight,” the lawmakers wrote Thursday.<\/p>\n

Cuomo’s mishandling of the crisis has sparked\u00a0investigations by the FBI and the Eastern District of New York US Attorney’s office<\/strong>, according to the\u00a0Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile –\u00a0<\/strong>CNN and MSNBC have devoted a sum total of\u00a046 minutes<\/strong>\u00a0on Ted Cruz’s ill-advised Cancun trip, and less than\u00a0three minutes<\/strong>\u00a0on Cuomo’s growing nursing home scandal, according to\u00a0Fox News’\u00a0<\/em>Joseph A. Wulfsohn.<\/p>\n

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