CNN presenter Chris Cuomo was mocked on Twitter for accusing a Texas politician, while his brother, Governor Andrew Cuomo, faced calls for dismissal and impeachment investigations after an exclusive Post from Post found his administration killed thousands in the nursing home COVID-19 covered.
On Thursday morning tweetthe younger Cuomo posted an article about a Texas mayor who resigned after calling his constituents “ lazy ” amid a massive power outage.
Cuomo asked his followers, “Quit or apologize and learn and become a better leader?”
Twitter users wondered if the TV anchor was actually talking about Governor Cuomo, who is embroiled in a scandal after his top aide admitted that Albany had covered up thousands of coronavirus-related deaths in New York nursing homes in order to avoid a political backlash from Trump. avoid White House.
The tweet came a day after CNN restored a ban on Chris Cuomo for his brother, amid the scandal.
Many of the tweet’s 7,100 commenters pointed to the irony of the rhetorical post.
“I don’t disagree, but given the troubles your brother is going through right now, should you really make a tweet like this?” comment read.
That’s good advice for your brother. Do you think he will take it ”, one person wrote
‘I’ll take’ Things to say to your clumsy brother ‘for $ 500, Alex,’ another sarcastic replied
A user simply addressed the elephant in the room to write: “Should we tell him?”
The message from the governor’s brother comes a day after Assemblyman Ron Kim – whose uncle died of the coronavirus in a nursing home – claimed the fellow Democrat threatened to destroy his career if he didn’t help him to end the political damage of the Post report.