Critics suggested CNN presenter Chris Cuomo lacks self-awareness while questioning the legitimacy of the Florida coronavirus data.
Cuomo has raised his eyebrows in recent months, from his hostile confrontation with a biker as he breaks quarantine in the midst of his recovery from the coronavirus, to the series of softball interviews he conducted with his brother, New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Despite New York having the highest death toll of any state and the ongoing controversy in the governor’s nursing home, CNN presenter has been particularly outspoken about Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, whose state has seen a increase in COVID cases in recent weeks.
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On Monday, Cuomo expressed skepticism about the latest Florida data from the state health department, indicating that the number of new cases is on the decline.
“Can we trust the data from the Florida governor?” Cuomo asked in response to a tweet from ABC News.
The “Cuomo Prime Time” host was criticized for the tweet.
“CNN should be more than embarrassed by this. Bad enough that he was allowed to treat his brother / Governor with the worst COVID record in the country, but now he’s [openly] spreading conspiracies about other governors, “reacted conservative writer AG Hamilton.
“Her brother’s state has been knowingly counting deaths in nursing homes for months,” Daily Caller investigative journalist Andrew Kerr told the CNN anchor.
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“God damn you pirate,” exclaimed Ben Shapiro.
“Just to be clear: A CNN presenter is launching conspiracy theories about a governor who is in a public dispute with the presenter’s brother governor. Want to talk about voices we can’t trust, Chris? Take a look at your vanity mirror, “tweeted the associate editor of Tablet Noam Blum magazine.
For much of the coronavirus outbreak, there has been increasing scrutiny over Governor Cuomo’s order in late March that forced nursing homes to accept patients who tested positive for coronavirus, despite test deficiencies for both residents as for the staff. Cuomo signed an executive order on May 11 revoking the policy, preventing hospitals from sending infected patients back to nursing homes and increasing testing for staff.
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As of last month, approximately 7,900 people have been confirmed or presumed dead by COVID-19 in nursing homes in New York, according to the state department of health. That equates to approximately 25 percent of all deaths in the state occurring in nursing homes, according to the latest state total from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
Earlier this month, The Associated Press reported that “New York hospitals released more than 6,300 recovering coronavirus patients in nursing homes during the height” of the coronavirus pandemic under a “controversial and now discarded policy.”
