EXCLUSIVE – Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean led the charge against the growing scandal of the New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home, which resulted in the tragic death of her in-laws, but she could never have spoken if the Democrat did not. made him scoff at the situation during a series of interviews with his younger brother on CNN.
“The platform for my vocal performance was to see those two on CNN,” Dean said on Tuesday during a telephone interview with Fox News to discuss his new book, “Make Your Own Sunshine: Inspiring stories of people that find light in dark times. “
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On May 21, CNN allowed the governor’s younger brother, Chris Cuomo, to present a comedy show with his older brother, ignoring the crisis in the nursing home. The CNN anchor pulled out a series of huge cotton swabs, asking Governor Cuomo if he needed comically large swabs for a coronavirus test in what appeared to be a dig the size of his brother’s nose.
The image of Governor Cuomo laughing as his CNN host brother held the giant Q-Tip emerged as a moment that will forever tarnish CNN’s reputation as a serious news organization, but it also motivated Dean to speak up.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo has been criticized for a series of cheerful interviews with his older brother, and the network has since banned him from covering the governor’s multiple scandals.
Her first appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to speak out against Cuomo came the day after the Q-Tip incident and she hasn’t slowed down since.
“This is really what made my pain go rage and that’s one of the biggest reasons it was time to talk. I was so disgusted,” said Dean.
“The fact that there are body bags piled out of nursing homes, the fact that we couldn’t have funerals or funerals for my family and thousands of families were dealing with it and wanted answers, and this guy has the courage to go on the show. his brother and make jokes? That’s the reason I did Tucker’s show the next night. “
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Cuomo was accused of withholding data on COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes to avoid federal scrutiny and intimidate political opponents, in addition to several allegations of sexual harassment.
Dean was not only disgusted by the governor’s appearances on CNN, as Cuomo became more selfish as the pandemic continued, showing a poster announcing his success and writing a book on COVID’s leadership. Chris Cuomo’s brilliant portrait of his brother helped him emerge as a hero among liberals, and he received an Emmy award and is regularly praised by the mainstream media.
“It was his arrogance, his celebration of himself and his ego that I really believe that brought him down,” she said, as the governor faces growing pressure to resign.
Meanwhile, CNN has implemented a rule that prohibits the namesake of “Cuomo prime time” from covering his older brother. On Monday night, Chris Cuomo told viewers that he was “aware of what is happening to my brother”, noting that “obviously” cannot cover his brother. The CNN host was attacked online for suddenly declaring that he could not interview a family member.
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Now that Governor Cuomo’s growing scandals are among the most important stories in America, Dean thinks CNN should oust Chris Cuomo until he can actually report the news.
“I think he should take a gap year. In fact, I think he shouldn’t be on TV right now because of this huge conflict of interest,” said Dean. “Last night I couldn’t believe his [comments]… or this or they must have a last-minute report separate from the program they cover [Governor] Cuomo. I think everyone in journalism is shrinking now because of that. It is journalistic negligence. “
Dean compared Cuomo to being criticized on charges of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior by the federal government by persecuting mobster Al Capone for tax evasion, but she will not be disappointed if allegations of sexual harassment force her resignation, as opposed to her decision to force nursing homes accepting patients with coronavirus.
“The end result is that he needs to go,” said Dean. “Whether it’s because of scary things about #MeToo or huge corruption, a criminal case against him over essentially the death of 15,000 people, the end result is that he has to go. My hope, however, is that, even if the sexual issue harassing things are disgusting and he should be punished for it, I hope that the federal investigation, the FBI investigation, all the ongoing investigations will do the work I have been waiting for for 10 months and that is to find out all the answers we’ve been asking for months. “
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If allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo force him to resign, Dean does not plan to give up the history of the nursing home anytime soon.
“I am in it for the long term. I already have plans to hold a rally around the 25th anniversary of March. I am in contact with many families,” said Dean. “I will continue to defend this story long after the cameras are not there and the press is not there. We have to put sunlight on it.”
Dean, who used his social media platform for positive and uplifting messages before the pandemic, still hesitates at times when he is about to attack the governor on Twitter, but does not regret his decision to pivot from inspiring tweets to denounce Cuomo’s mistakes when she was irritated by the “cotton swab” segment and other not-so-serious appearances on CNN.
“At the time, it was the only way to get these messages out. Social media has been very good for this cause, ”she said, adding that her goal is“ to expose this governor and the corruption and massacre of the nursing home, basically, it happened a year ago. “
She hopes to return to lighter tweets, such as jokes to her children or dog videos, but it is currently “necessary to keep the sunshine shining on corruption” in Albany and what happened to families last year.
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Dean feels that the liberal media long ago gave Cuomo a pass on the tragedy of the nursing home that he would not have conceded to a Republican.
“It would be in all the newspapers, in the mainstream media, on ABC and CBS, on all morning programs. I wouldn’t have to be that person, ”said Dean.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn of Fox News contributed to this report.