CNN host Chris Cuomo was teased on Twitter for bragging about a Texas politician while his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, faces calls for resignation and dismissal investigations after an exclusive report from Post magazine found that his administration covered up thousands of COVID-19 residency deaths.
A Thursday morning tweet, young Cuomo published an article about a Texas mayor who left office after calling his constituents “lazy” amid a massive power outage.
Cuomo asked his followers, “Resign or apologize, learn and become a better leader?”
Twitter users couldn’t help but wonder if the TV anchor was really talking about Governor Cuomo, who is embroiled in a scandal after his top aide admitted that Albany covered up thousands of coronavirus-related deaths in New York City nursing homes to prevent Trump’s political rebound. White House.
The tweet came a day after CNN reinstated a ban on Chris Cuomo covering his brother, amid the scandal.
Many of the 7,100 tweeters commented on the irony of the post-rhetoric.
“I don’t agree, but given your brother’s problems right now, should you really tweet like that?” comments to read.
“This is great advice for your brother. You think he’s going to take it, ”one person said he wrote.
“I’ll take ‘Things you should tell your inept brother’ for $ 500, Alex, ‘another sarcasm answered.
A user headed to the elephant in the room simply write: “Should we tell him?”
The governor’s brother’s letter comes a day after Assemblyman Ron Kim – whose uncle died of coronavirus in a nursing home – said his fellow Democrat threatened to destroy his career if not it helped him contain the political damage of the Post report.