Brad Wenstrup on Fmr. Gov. Cuomo Testifying on Covid Nursing Home Deaths: He Has Had the Authority of Law, Others Did Not

TAPPER Governor Cuomo trying ░░░░░░░░ get ahead of this ░░░░░░░░ an op ed for ░░░░░░░░ New York Daily News ░░░░░░░░ he wrote in part ░░░░░░░░ again it is an ░░░░░░░░ year and once again ░░░░░░░░ Republicans are looking to ░░░░░░░░ everyone else for the ░░░░░░░░ debacle His larger argument ░░░░░░░░ this op ed is ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump mishandled Covid ░░░░░░░░ your Subcommittee your Select ░░░░░░░░ doesn t look into ░░░░░░░░ Mr Trump did WENSTRUP ░░░░░░░░ I will tell you ░░░░░░░░ as chair of this ░░░░░░░░ I have not and ░░░░░░░░ has my staff mentioned ░░░░░░░░ party one time But ░░░░░░░░ we are doing is ░░░░░░░░ after action review of ░░░░░░░░ that took place Look ░░░░░░░░ s things that we ░░░░░░░░ in Congress that I ░░░░░░░░ for that in retrospect ░░░░░░░░ I look back I ░░░░░░░░ have wanted to change ░░░░░░░░ maybe not have voted ░░░░░░░░ it That s what ░░░░░░░░ is an after action ░░░░░░░░ lessons learned what was ░░░░░░░░ what worked what didn ░░░░░░░░ work But you have ░░░░░░░░ take responsibility for things ░░░░░░░░ you can t just ░░░░░░░░ up and say well ░░░░░░░░ should have followed the ░░░░░░░░ of the CDC No ░░░░░░░░ were guidelines Those weren ░░░░░░░░ the law Your directive ░░░░░░░░ law We ll be ░░░░░░░░ on this directive I ░░░░░░░░ he s going to ░░░░░░░░ and go in a ░░░░░░░░ of different directions And ░░░░░░░░ are all directions of ░░░░░░░░ we re looking at ░░░░░░░░ both administrations and across ░░░░░░░░ and their administrations We ░░░░░░░░ to learn from this ░░░░░░░░ try and do better ░░░░░░░░ you have to take ░░░░░░░░ for what you did ░░░░░░░░ he says he knew ░░░░░░░░ about this order And ░░░░░░░░ can see from the ░░░░░░░░ the deflection on all ░░░░░░░░ this I don t ░░░░░░░░ who s in charge ░░░░░░░░ New York or who ░░░░░░░░ in charge in New ░░░░░░░░ when he was governor ░░░░░░░░ no one because he ░░░░░░░░ passed this along to ░░░░░░░░ lot of other people ░░░░░░░░ the very fact that ░░░░░░░░ would blame the people ░░░░░░░░ the nursing homes your ░░░░░░░░ did not mention CDC ░░░░░░░░ CMS guidelines one time ░░░░░░░░ any way shape or ░░░░░░░░ and yet he s ░░░░░░░░ They should have used ░░░░░░░░ guidelines and superseded what ░░░░░░░░ put out He s ░░░░░░░░ the authority of law ░░░░░░░░ other did not.”