{"id":134901,"date":"2021-02-15T18:41:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T23:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134901"},"modified":"2021-02-15T18:58:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T23:58:15","slug":"u-s-lawmaker-on-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal-the-dam-is-breaking-state-and-federal-probes-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-lawmaker-on-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal-the-dam-is-breaking-state-and-federal-probes-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Lawmaker On Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal: \u2018The Dam Is Breaking,\u2019 State And Federal Probes Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-lawmaker-on-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal-the-dam-is-breaking-state-and-federal-probes-needed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Congresswoman from New York is calling for state and federal investigations into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s (D) handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the tide is turning against the governor and that both Republicans and Democrats in the state are calling for action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the worst governor in America in terms of how he has handled the COVID crisis,\u201d Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told Fox News host Martha MacCallum. \u201cAnd last week was an absolute bombshell, you have both Democrats and Republicans calling for an independent investigation. I want to see subpoenas both at the state level, the State Senate and state assembly should issue subpoenas immediately. And I want the Department of Justice to launch an independent investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know from the partial transcript that was released by the secretary to the governor there was that there was obstruction of justice. And this is not about politics. This is about people\u2019s lives,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd what was so shameful about the transcript that was released was the secretary to the governor didn\u2019t apologize for the number of deaths, didn\u2019t apologize for the policy, but apologize for the political fallout that faced Democrats. So it\u2019s a disgrace. And President Biden needs to keep to his promise that the Department of Justice will be independent from political pressure from Governor Cuomo, who is a Democrat, but the Department of Justice and law enforcement, this prosecution needs to go forward immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik also said that she believes that there are \u201cserious pay to play issues that are going on here as well, because of some of the immunity shields that were forced into the legislation by the governor\u2019s team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik concluded the segment by saying that \u201cthe dam is breaking\u201d as \u201coverwhelming bipartisan outcry\u201d has started to mount against the governor.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH\ud83d\udcfa Joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marthamaccallum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marthamaccallum<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> to discuss Cuomo&#8217;s massive criminal corruption scandal. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CorruptCuomo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CorruptCuomo<\/a> is in free fall as Dems abandon him.<\/p>\n<p>A coverup, obstruction of justice, &amp; pay to play due to Cuomo&#8217;s exec order. The Worst Governor in America must be prosecuted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KfTZxC76q1\">pic.twitter.com\/KfTZxC76q1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1361363000490422273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS HOST: So he\u2019s the lead horse, the gold standard in handling of COVID. Joining me now Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York. She joins us now. Congresswoman, great to have you with us today. What what\u2019s your reaction to this? And you know, does the White House need to be a little bit more circumspect about the approval and applause for Governor Cuomo at this point, given all of this?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. ELISE STEFANIK (R-NY): Well, just look at Governor Cuomo\u2019s failed record. He is the worst governor in America in terms of how he has handled the COVID crisis. And last week was an absolute bombshell, you have both Democrats and Republicans calling for an independent investigation. I want to see subpoenas both at the state level, the State Senate and state assembly should issue subpoenas immediately. And I want the Department of Justice to launch an independent investigation. We know from the partial transcript that was released by the secretary to the governor there was that there was obstruction of justice. And this is not about politics. This is about people\u2019s lives. And what was so shameful about the transcript that was released was the secretary to the governor didn\u2019t apologize for the number of deaths, didn\u2019t apologize for the policy, but apologize for the political fallout that faced Democrats. So it\u2019s a disgrace. And President Biden needs to keep to his promise that the Department of Justice will be independent from political pressure from Governor Cuomo, who is a Democrat, but the Department of Justice and law enforcement, this prosecution needs to go forward immediately.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MACCALLUM: Yeah, you know, the facts are what they are. And you know, just to go back on this a little bit, what what basically happened was that they were worried about having enough space in the hospitals in New York. So they started shuttling out these elderly people who had had COVID, who were on the tail end of it, and moving them back into these nursing homes. And Congresswoman, they did this when they had these ships, the Mercy, the Comfort, right off of the coast of Manhattan. And they had cleared and set up the entire Javits Center at an enormous expense, was a great idea, beds that went on us. And he has never answered that question. Why didn\u2019t he use those places that were sitting there instead of infecting these people back in the nursing homes?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEFANIK: He hasn\u2019t answered those questions, Martha. And those are the questions that New Yorkers have been asking for months, almost going on a year at this point. You are right that the Javits Center and the US Navy Comfort ship were frankly left empty where positive COVID patients were sent back into nursing homes. I\u2019ve talked to constituents in my district where there were healthy seniors who were recovering and sent to nursing homes for rehabilitation for various surgeries. And then they ultimately died because they caught COVID in the nursing homes. The other thing that\u2019s key here, Martha, is they did not follow CMS guidance. It was very clear from the Trump administration and CMS that the CMS recommendation and requirement is that nursing homes should only accept positive COVID patients if they have adequate PPE and if they were able to isolate those individuals. New York State ignored that. And this is why we need an investigation because those questions need to be answered. These tens of thousands of families deserve transparency and accountability and frankly, at this point with an obstruction of justice that needs to be prosecuted at the federal level. I also think there are serious pay to play issues that are going on here as well, because of some of the immunity shields that were forced into the legislation by the governor\u2019s team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MACCALLUM: That\u2019s a great point. What about the fact that you have Democrats who are now calling for more of an investigation for him to lose his emergency powers? The Wall Street Journal said today, the question is now are whether Democrats in Albany will have what it takes to do their job and to hold hearings on the cover up whether state and federal prosecutors will investigate and prosecute, if called for and whether the media that\u2019s so cheered, Mr. Cuomo, through his COVID-19 press conferences will hold him to the same standard that they held Mr. Trump. I think this is the kind of question that people across the country are looking for answers for today, will both sides call out this behavior and investigate?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEFANIK: Yes, and less than a month ago, Democrats, state senators blocked subpoenas. They also blocked state Senate Republicans who wanted to rein in those emergency powers. Now the dam is breaking Martha, you\u2019re seeing overwhelming bipartisan outcry. And a little bit about the politics in New York State. Everyone knows Governor Cuomo is a bully that they bully people within their own party. But this is more important. We\u2019re talking about lives that were lost here. So these Democratic state senators and frankly, the Democratic Congressional delegation, needs to grow a spine and grow some political courage and stand up for what\u2019s right, which is the people of this state who deserve justice. So we will see but those subpoenas and that investigation should be launched immediately. There is no excuse after last week\u2019s bombshell.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MACCALLUM: Yeah, and media across the board has a responsibility to cover the story to do the investigation to find out what happened and put it out there for people to take a look at and make up their own minds, it\u2019s a very serious situation as you rightly point out. Congresswoman, always good to speak with you. Thank you very much.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>STEFANIK:&nbsp; Thanks, Martha.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Congresswoman from New York is calling for state and federal investigations into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s (D) handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the tide is turning &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181320,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Lawmaker On Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal: \u2018The Dam Is Breaking,\u2019 State And Federal Probes Needed","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Lawmaker On Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal: \u2018The Dam Is Breaking,\u2019 State And Federal Probes Needed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}