Governor Andrew Cuomo has a new critic in comedian Trevor Noah.
The 36-year-old star slammed the New York politician in a recent episode of ‘The Daily Show’ about the Cuomo administration’s handling of the data surrounding COVID-19 in nursing homes.
It was recently revealed that the governor’s office may have underestimated the number of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes by more than 50%, according to a report by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
And one of the biggest bombs exploded Thursday when the New York Post revealed that Cuomo’s front-runner, Melissa DeRosa, admitted during a conference with Democratic leaders that the government had unfavorable information about the state’s nursing home COVID-19 hid because of concerns that it “would be used against us.”
“Wow, really, Governor Cuomo?” Asked Noah during the episode. “Did you lower your own numbers to make yourself look better?”
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The comedian investigated the statement of Cuomo administration for the wrong report.
“The explanation they go with is that they thought the Trump administration would use the high death toll in the nursing home against them,” he said.
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“Usually, if you don’t do a good job, it gets used to you,” Noah said. This is the whole point of data. ‘
He added: “When you think about it, it’s just the best thing you can do to go with COVID numbers to make yourself look better.”
Trevor Noah (right) slammed New York government Andrew Cuomo over his administration’s handling of data surrounding COVID-19 in nursing homes.
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He called the turn of events “ironic” because of Cuomo’s initial reputation for delivering “informative, coherent press conferences while Trump tried to inject people with bleach,” Noah said.
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Noah further added that “doing wrong” could not be justified because “Trump used the numbers or would not have” against Cuomo’s government.
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The star concluded his lock by comparing the incident to the killing of Batman civilians because The Joker also had terrible plans for them.
Fox News’ Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report