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Republicans seize on nursing-home deaths to weaken Democrats
David Welch and Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg
March 2, 2021
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Republicans are weaponizing covid-19 s nursing home deaths.
In recent months, GOP lawmakers have heaped criticism on Democratic governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gavin Newsom of California for early missteps in handling the pandemic. Michigan Republicans, hostile to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer throughout the crisis, are now asking the state s attorney general to investigate how the Democrat coped with that challenge.
Republicans say people died unnecessarily because of Whitmer s order that nursing homes readmit residents who had the coronavirus if the facilities had capacity and quarantine capabilities. Michigan s fatality rate was lower than the national average, and many of those on the pandemic s front line dispute the assertions.