“Saturday Night Live” took a look at the looks and reopening plans of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but did not mention the nursing home death scandal.
“Weekend Update” host Michael Che compared Cuomo to Moe Szyslak, owner of The Simpsons Bar, while explaining that New York expanded its eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine by include people with underlying conditions.
“New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is a real-life model for Moe Szyslak, announced that more New Yorkers will be eligible for the COVID vaccine starting next week,” Che said.
“New Yorkers will have to provide documentation about their condition and answer medical questions such as, ‘What’s going on?'” He continued.
Che co-host Colin Jost then intervened to refer to Cuomo’s plan to reopen sports stadiums to fans.
“Governor Cuomo also announced that it would open sports venues from Feb. 23, but limiting them to 10% capacity, better known as the Jets level,” Jost said.
However, it did not go unnoticed that the segment ignored the admission conviction that his office covered thousands of deaths in COVID-19 nursing homes.
“It’s great that @nbcsnl had 2 bits in #Cuomo on #WeekendUpdate, but he didn’t mention that Cuomo was exposed for sending old people to die from #COVID to #nursinghomes.” wrote a Twitter user. “Wow. What an easy and simple joke for #SNL, but … ”
Another added, “Typical bias of snl. No mention that Cuomo killed thousands. I could have done him a number, but no. They really are cowards. ”
The Post revealed that Cuomo’s chief aide, Melissa DeRosa, admitted on Thursday to lawmakers that her boss was hiding data on the number of coronavirus deaths among residents of nursing homes to avoid having to share them with the government. federal.