Cuomo sparks outrage with false claim about nursing home deaths

Published October 2, 2020 12:21am ET



New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo provoked outrage this week when he falsely claimed that his administration did not send elderly COVID-19 patients into nursing homes and boasted about the lives his policies saved.

“Every time I see an interview where someone actually asks him about the nursing home policy,” said Janice Dean, a Fox News meteorologist whose in-laws contracted COVID-19 in assisted living facilities and died. “All of a sudden, you know, he gets very defensive pointing fingers and blame game and won’t give answers.”

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