Posted on 07/20/2020 12:06:26 PM PDT by conservative98
Gov. Andrew Cuomo went down to Georgia Monday to advise local officials there on how to curb the coronavirus pandemic — but critics said the trip was nothing more than an ill-conceived public relations stunt given all the deaths that New York suffered.
New York was the hardest hit by the COVID-19 outbreak in the early spring and more than 25,000 residents have died from the killer bug — more than any other state. And Cuomo has come under heavy criticism for his early edict that may have led to more than 6,000 nursing home deaths.
While the pandemic has eased in the Empire State following shutdown orders and social distancing measures, the pandemic is now raging in the Peach State and other parts of the country and New York officials are already planning for a “Wave 2” to hit New York.
Upstate Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin called Cuomo’s trip “absurd and obscene.”
“Cuomo is acting like a conquering hero. New York leads the nation cases and deaths. He refused to act early and failed to contain the coronavirus. His policies contributed to more deaths in nursing homes,” said McLaughlin, a Republican.
“This trip is unbelievable. He’s definitely trying to rehab his image.”
The trip could also be viewed as a slap at Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who has battled with Democratic mayors in the Peach State over how to handle the outbreak. Kemp sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over the city’s mandate for residents to wear masks, which he opposed as onerous.
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The three-term Democratic governor insisted he wasn’t visiting Savannah as a public relations offensive to toot his own horn.
“I feel compelled to go because I know a little bit about this,”Cuomo said.
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Local law enforcement should have arrested the Yankee son of a Marxist.
And now the winner of the “most annoying Yankee” award, goes to… Andrew Cuomo.
His refusal to quarantine upon his return has further opened the can of worms for anyone who's been directed to quarantine from ANY state on New York's COVID list.
Shame on Georgia for allowing him to enter the state.
Current KungFlu death count:
GA 3,110
NY 32,187
Would you take CuHomo’s advise?
Based upon Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 205, issued June 25, 2020, the following states meet the criteria for required quarantine: Georgia!
OMG I was think the same ROFL
If he fails to do so he abdicates all MORAL authority.
I left New York in 2013 (leaving behind most of my family as well as over 300 years of family roots) to escape that arrogant dictator and the mess he made of the state. (Although, to be fair, he only put the final nails in the coffin his father began.)
He needs to stay the hell away from my new home. Just the thought of him setting foot in Georgia makes me want to hurl. Oh, how I despise that man!!!
Is Cuomo quarantining for two weeks after the trip to Georgia?
Didn’t he quarantine travelers from Georgia?
Cuomo should take de Blasio with him to give advice on how to lower the crime rate.
It’s even worse than some of us realized.
From my email from NY State Sen. James Tedisco:
“....It’s been suggested that at least 6,400 New Yorkers have died in nursing homes from COVID-19. However, that number may be significantly undercounted as that doesn’t take into account those who may have been infected in a nursing home and then were released and died in a hospital. ..”
Come on NYS voters - WAKE UP!
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