Republicans Use Cuomo’s Nursing-Home Woes Against Murphy
- Garden State has highest extended-care death rate in nation
- Risky strategy as vaccinations make progress against pandemic
This article is for subscribers only.
Republicans are basing a long-shot campaign for New Jersey governor on a strategy to taint Democratic incumbent Phil Murphy with the scandals of embattled New Yorker Andrew Cuomo.
Murphy has been blasted by Republicans for failing to join a bipartisan demand for the resignation of Cuomo, the third-term Democrat under investigation after sexual-harassment allegations. New Jersey’s governor also has faced criticism for his decision a year ago to follow his New York counterpart in ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19-positive hospital patients.