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Appearing on MSNBCs Am Joy on Sunday morning, Vanity Fair reporter Gabriel Sherman told host Joy Reid that Donald Trump is furious with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) because his daily press conferences on the coronavirus pandemic are getting rave reviews while his own are being panned.
Speaking with the host, Sherman explained, My sources who are in touch with the White House, several people told me that one of the things driving [Trumps task force press conference appearances] this is that the president has been furious and frustrated at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who has been holding these very widely well-received early morning press conferences and, in the presidents view, has sort of hijacked the news cycle.
So now you see Trump, you know, taking the stage after Cuomo trying to take back the mantle and unfortunately hes doing that with misinformation, he continued. So were in a situation where the presidents narcissism and his need to be at the center of every story, even though the story is not about Donald Trump, this story is about a global pandemic, is what is driving the White Houses communication strategy.
I had a senior former West Wing official tell me that the president needs to be his own press secretary and thats whats driving this, he added.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-is-furious-with-new-york-gov-cuomo-because-his-pandemic-press-conferences-are-overshadowing-him/
Eliot Rosewater
(31,158 posts)DaBronx
(306 posts)Please take all your anger and channel it into productive energy. Please call every day every one of your elected officials. Demand action.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)No wonder he is a germaphobe
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,428 posts)New York has more than 15,000 cases, more than six times as many as any other state.
https://krdo.com/health/2020/03/22/a-state-by-state-breakdown-of-us-coronavirus-cases/
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)We're doing our own statewide actions and announcements in Illinois and much of what Cuomo has to say could be edited for national consumption.
Bluepinky
(2,279 posts)It was at 11:00 am today and was very informative. He essentially listed all the things the President should be doing to combat this virus and save lives. He offered good advice to everyone and, at the same time, was inspirational and motivating. It was so good, I knew Trump would hate it. Its the kind of press briefing our President should be giving. But Trump is incapable of giving an appropriate speech, and he knows it.
Sancho
(9,072 posts)is so damning to the GOP that you couldn't make it up.
Governors with information, facts, and concrete action vs carnival barkers.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)That would be perfect.
So where is he?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Instead of focusing on the task at hand, he can only throw a tantrum at the fact that a governor who is proving to be 1000 times the leader he will ever be is eclipsing him in the media cycle.
I have never hated anyone so much in my life.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Andy has a HUGE FB meme group following. Its amazingly creative and funny
Andy doesnt take shit and has been calling out groups still meeting (Pike County Bingo Hall, Floyd County Flea Market, et al)
andy beshear memes for social distancing teens
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Demovictory9
(32,507 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,218 posts)Every other story about him. Is there anything that doesn't make him furious?