Republican Party Representative Matt Gaetz criticized the media for interpreting Gov. Andrew Cuomo as an “oracle” in his response to the coronavirus, after his top aide admitted that the administration covered the death toll in residences.
“The media is absolutely guilty of advancing in this mythology of Cuomo that is refuted by the facts, and the facts continue to be uglier, both for the governor of New York and for the media,” Gaetz said. to Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro on Saturday.
Gaetz said that at the same time, the media presented Cuomo in his nationally televised daily briefings as the “great oracle of coronavirus response, which were driving the state flu against our president, acting as if everything he was doing was causing this virus to be more deadly. “
The Florida Republican said former President Donald Trump put the country on the “path to the fastest and safest vaccine development the world has ever known.”
He said Trump’s efforts are still saving lives, even as the controversy over deaths at Cuomo’s nursing homes is just beginning to be revealed.
“Here you had Governor Cuomo destroying the records that show this scheme that was very deadly. Everyone is familiar with the Times Square game of haste. But here they played Monte three cards with the grandmother, they moved people from the residences of elderly people from the hospital and then injected the virus back into the residences, ”Gaetz said.
The Post revealed last week that Cuomo’s chief aide, Melissa DeRosa, during a video conference with state Democratic leaders, told them the governor’s office rejected a legislative request for the numbers because she feared the Trump administration turn it into a “giant political football.”
“He starts tweeting that we killed everyone in residences,” DeRosa said. “It simply came to our notice then [New Jersey Gov. Phil] Murphy, start going after [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom, start going after [Michigan Gov.] Gretchen Whitmer “.
Several lawmakers, including former Gov. George Pataki, have called for an investigation into the Cuomo administration by President Biden’s Justice Department, state Attorney General Letitia James and the state legislature.
“This is one of the worst things I’ve seen in the New York state government and I’ve been following this for a long time,” Pataki said.