The Book Burners Are Here | Ep. 1207

COVID-19 Policies

Ben Shapiro critiques Andrew Cuomo's handling of COVID-19, particularly his decision to send COVID-positive patients back to nursing homes, which he argues led to more outbreaks and deaths. Shapiro asserts that Cuomo's poor management is overshadowed by the sexual harassment allegations, which are being used as a convenient reason to remove him from power without addressing the real issue of his COVID-19 policies 1. Shapiro states, "Andrew Cuomo is a damned liar. He shipped COVID positive patients back into nursing homes. Undoubtedly that led to more outbreaks and more deaths."

Just basic common sense suggests so. But now they're going to oust Andrew Cuomo on the basis of all the sexual harassment stuff, which, by the way, is like nothing compared to killing old people and then lying about it to your own legislature.

--- Ben Shapiro

He highlights the political maneuvering to strip Cuomo of his emergency powers as a way to avoid confronting the failures of his pandemic response.

   

Political Implications

Shapiro discusses the political implications of the sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo, suggesting they are a strategic distraction from his COVID-19 policy failures. He believes the allegations are being used to remove Cuomo without addressing the broader issue of his pandemic mismanagement 1. Shapiro notes, "The real reason that Cuomo is going down is because he was a crappy governor who handled COVID horribly and lied about it and probably got old people killed."

And the reason they're going to use is this sexual harassment stuff. That's just a reason to knock him off and then pretend that it wasn't about the COVID.

--- Ben Shapiro

He criticizes those who previously praised Cuomo, highlighting the irony of their current embarrassment as the truth about his governance comes to light.