Posted on 02/15/2021 1:13:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A Democratic lawmaker in New York is demanding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) Emmy Award be rescinded following allegations that the governor covered up the true extent of nursing of home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic in an effort to avoid a federal investigation.
Queens Councilman Robert Holden (D) urged the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to take back Cuomo’s award, saying that the governor’s actions “have been an insult to every New Yorker who lost a loved one” to the coronavirus.
Cuomo received the Emmy in November in recognition of his daily televised press briefings during the height of the pandemic. During the virtual ceremony, Hollywood elites came out to salute the governor, including Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Billy Joel, and Spike Lee.
The governor said in his acceptance speech that his daily briefings “only offered one thing — authentic truth and stability. But sometimes, that’s enough.”
Cuomo is now dealing with perhaps the biggest scandal of his administration after a top aide revealed that Cuomo withheld the release of data on COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes because he feared it could be used against him by the Department of Justice under then-President Donald Trump.
“We now know that his TV appearances and clout were used to mislead the public regarding how their loved ones died,” Councilman Holden said in a letter to the academy that was obtained by the New York Post. “Please rescind the Governor’s award immediately, as his actions have been an insult to every New Yorker who lost a loved one during this terrible pandemic.”
Cuomo is also facing calls for impeachment as well as demands for criminal prosecution.
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Indeed, it is most deserved, as ironic as that may be.
That was serious? I thought the Emmy talk was a joke. An Emmy nomination for press briefings?
Instead of an Emmy he should of been given a Razzie (Golden Raspberry) for the worst portrayal of a governor.
He needs a Roger Stone 6am wake up call from the FBI.
Meanwhile, Cuomo just extended the deadline for party registration statewide through tomorrow.
let’s not indict him for the murder of our loved ones, no, let us take away his most coveted prize, the emmy.
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