Is Cuomo’s Destruction a Dress Rehearsal for Biden?
Joe Biden better prepare himself because he may be witnessing his own future.
By Adam Mill
February 26, 2021
History failed to record Leon Trotsky’s final thoughts as the ice axe penetrated his skull. But it’s reasonable to suspect that the founding Soviet revolutionary thought something similar to what New York Governor Andrew Cuomo might now be thinking: “Hey guys, I thought we were all on the same side!†Hero Trotsky had a greater claim to revolutionary credibility than Stalin did. Of course, this is why he was destroyed.
Cuomo rocketed in popularity by providing a vivid contrast to Donald Trump during the days of dueling COVID-19 press conferences. The media swooned over the telegenic but incompetent New York governor. From the beginning, COVID was a tool to take down the Big Bad Orange Man. The media now claim they didn’t report on Cuomo’s COVID scandals because of his “cover-up.â€
What a load of crap. We’ve known since at least last May the essential facts of Cuomo’s deadly policy to force nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients. None of that mattered because the governor looked good on television. So good that he began receiving mentions as a possible last-minute alternative to the ethically and cognitively challenged Democratic front runner, Joe Biden.
How bad was Cuomo’s leadership on COVID-19? If New York were a country, it would be second in the world for the worst per capita COVID-19 deaths with 2,442 deaths per million. But none of that mattered when Trump was still in the White House. In spite of the well-known nursing home deaths, Cuomo’s “COVID leadership†won him an Emmy, the Edward M. Kennedy (oh God, the irony!) Institute Award for Inspired Leadership, celebrity praise, and the honor of appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone among other magazines. It reminds one of the state-controlled press coverage the Soviets relied upon during famines caused by economic mismanagement.
So what changed for Cuomo? How did his “leadership†on COVID-19 suddenly become toxic when it was “inspired†only a few months ago? Did he fall from grace because of the new sexual harassment claims? Please. Ask Tara Reade whether the media will bury sexual harassment claims for politics. The British news outlet, the Guardian, reported on the Cuomo sexual harassment story over two months ago.
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