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Andrew Cuomo: “President Trump sent a hospital ship, the Comfort, to New…”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Cuomo explains COVID-era decisions that sparked backlash

Published | Video Starts at 05:50

The experts believed it was going to continue to increase and mutate and we would overwhelm the hospitals. So President Trump sent a hospital ship, the Comfort, to New York. It arrived in New York Harbor. I think he also sent one to Los Angeles at the Same time when the ship arrived, initially, they were not prepared to take Covid people. (05:50–05:59)

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