The Fox News senior meteorologist and New York assemblyman, who both lost loved ones in New York nursing homes, react to the New York governor’s resignation
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Nice and sweet
Steve there, you have got New
York Governor Cuomo, resigned
yesterday, a far cry from the
gushing media attention he
received, along with the Emmy and
five dollars million book deal,
but our next guests say the
truth about his covid response
and the people who died cannot
be forgotten.
Brian Janice Dean lost both of
her in laws Michael and Dee, to
Covid, 19 in New York, nursing
home facilities and one of the
most outspoken voices trying to
hold the soon to be former
governor, accountable,
Ainsley RON Kim lost his uncle
to Covid 19 in a nursing home as
well, and they both join us now
good morning to both of you
good morning,
good morning,
Ainsley Janice, I will start
with you.
What was your reaction
yesterday,
im Emotional, because its
first time im seeing
Assemblyman RON Kim, who has
become close to me and my family,
the last couple of weeks and so
grateful grateful grateful to
him and his outspokeness.
His job was tough. You know as
an Assemblyman Democratic Party
and had governor Governor Cuomo
him and screaming at him
im so grateful for you RON,
Kim
Steve RON. We appreciate you
coming on over the last number
of months.
You listened to the governor as
he resigned yesterday after he
explained how innocent he was.
You say the governor for another
thirteen days is delusional.
Explain why
im sorry repeat that
question again,
I just got im hearing Janice
crying im, a little emotional
myself.
Im. Sorry repeat that question
Steve, you said you feel the
governor is delusional after
listening to him resign
yesterday.
Well, it wasnt an apology.
He is not taking responsibility
to the bitter end to reflective
of the lack of leadership in that office for so many years
that office. For so many years
the woman who had were sexually
harassed, the older adults,
justice we have been seeking
deserve apology and full
responsibility and thats not
what we got out of him.
Yesterday,
Brian, he warned with you not
going forward with attacking on
nursing homes.
He could care less about your
relatives that lost your life,
your uncle.
That was a turning point for
you.
Instead of being intimidated,
you took action.
What did that do for you
personally?
What do you think it did for
this case?
It wasnt just me in that
moment:
thousands of other families,
a number of other People-
Brian, not lawmakers,
and I lost my uncle- a: U Dot S
Army captain in a nursing, home
dying, excruciating pain
if it wasnt for my uncle. I
wouldnt be here,
meaning he sponsored my
immigration paper to come to
this country, so I can be part of
this american dream
this american fabric
and for him to die alone. Like
that, I made a commitment that I
would seek the truth for him and
for others in that moment what
Andrew Cuomo tried to get me to
lie and to cover up his lies.
That was the moment he crossed
from being a regular bully in a
playground to an abusive man who
is willing to abuse his power to
get what he wants.
Ainsley Janice. What did you
make of the president saying
yesterday? He is not a bad man.
His policies,
Steve, did a hell of a job
Janice. I thought that videotape
was last year praising him when
he was going to be his attorney
general.
I think Joe Biden needs to learn
the facts about what this
governor has done,
not only the nursing homes and
shower
sexual assault and harassment.
He gives to give covid tests to
his buddies and friends, while
nursing homes could not get
them.
He used. State resource was write,
his book and all sorts of other
corruption, and I think criminal
acts that hopefully will be
prosecuted. So I was very
disappointed in Joe Biden
yesterday,
Ainsley you both have said he
tried to intimidate you guys,
Janice, tell your story about
that and then tell your story:
Ainsley not like Assemblyman
Kim I heard from minions. She is
not reliable source on anything
except the weather.
I heard from a family friend of
theirs early on who told me:
listen. You have a noble cause
here, but please watch your back.
Listen. Social media is no fun
either
people saying Weather Lady, you
dont know what you are talking
about
RON and I had a purpose.
We were affected personally that
ramped our cause up quite a bit.
Ainsley assemblyman
Janice has been persistent
through this fight.
She has been psychologically
impacted and her family for
months.
So I applaud her.
The fight is not over
and I will continue to partner
with her to get to the
accountability that we deserve
in terms of intimidation. Yes, my
family felt threatened by the
governor
when I got that call and
multiple calls from him directly
my wife couldnt sleep for
hours.
My family were traumatized by
that experience,
but we came together as a
family.
We got support from people like
Janice, who was there from the
beginning to give us the
strength to push back and demand
justice from this Governor
Steve. Indeed,
speaking of Justice RON,
he is still on the hook.
You know there are still
criminal investigations into the
nursing home scandal into
whether or not state resources
were used to help write his book,
and so you know he is not out
of the woods.
There is still a long way for
him to go
and the legislature could vote
to impeach him
thats correct.
We should absolutely do
so. We spent the resources time
and money to get this far in the
impeachment investigation.
So lets finish: the job
lets, get it done and efficient
expeditious way to get to the
truth.
As for his criminal act, his
biggest criminal act, in my
opinion, is committing public
fraud
he suppressed.
He ordered his feel, suppress
life and death data. At the peak
of the pandemic
information we could have used
to legislate and save peoples
lives. He took that away from us
because he was chasing down a
five dollars and nine cents million book deal
that is criminal
Brian. Is he going to blame? Will
Der Rosa who was on that phone
call and claim he never knew
anything about it? Is he planning
a comeback already
thats? Why his lawyer was on
first and tried to explain
himself rather than simply
resign
Janice? I dont think this guy
is done. Do you
Janice? I think he is done.
I have to believe we are on the
side of the angels RON Kim and
I and our families
hes done
Brian RON. Do you think he
thinks he is done?
I believe he is politically
con, but knowing him he is
probably thinking of some sort
of a comeback plan and its up
to us to hold him accountable
and expose the truth. So he
there is no way for him to come
back into the public space,
especially in he gets
imimpeached
Janice. I love you RON. I love
your family. Thank you.
Transcript generated on 2021-08-12.