6 December 2021: Opinion - How Andrew and Chris Cuomo Made Janice Dean into an Activist

Cuomo brothers canceled – here's how they turned mourners' grief into rage

Janice Dean marks the occasion of Chris Cuomo's firing from CNN to recount how she became a committed activist seeking justice for the Cuomo COVID nursing home deaths scandals.

It was the moment that turned grief into rage in May 2020.

Seeing the Cuomo brothers joking around on CNN with a gigantic cotton swab.

That was the tipping point. Thousands of seniors were dying in New York nursing homes, where staff could not turn away or test incoming infected patients. We were all quarantined and couldn’t have wakes or funerals for my husband’s parents after they tragically died in their long-term care facilities.

The timeline featured the video clip in which the Cuomo brothers joked around live on CNN in the 6 May 2020 entry "Peak Cuomo Arrives".

Yet, these two clowns – Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo – were yucking it up on cable television.

And I am so grateful it happened.

It was the very next day that I decided to share my family’s story on Tucker Carlson’s show.

The timeline covered the first "joking" incident with Chris and Andrew M. Cuomo that was broadcast live on CNN in our 6 May 2020 entry, and the infamous "swab" episode is featured in the 21 May 2021 entry.