For Janice Dean, none of this — the loss of her in-laws to the coronavirus, the New York policy that could have caused their deaths, or her effort to hold Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) accountable — is political. It’s “a calling.” “I’m not a political person at all,” Dean said with a laugh during a call with Faithwire. “I’m the meteorologist, for goodness’ sake. I used to say my big line to people would be the only red and blue I see on a map are areas of low pressure and high pressure.” Nevertheless, the Fox News senior meteorologist has found herself at the center of a political storm she never could have forecasted. In late March, Dean’s father-in-law died of the novel coronavirus. Her mother-in-law succumbed to the infection just two weeks later. They were living in a New York nursing home, where they passed away alone. Advertisement Photo provided by Janice Dean Dean has, for weeks, been seeking to hold Cuomo to account for the abysmal and fatal policies that have caused so much loss for so many across the Empire State since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. She penned an editorial published Wednesday by USA Today in which she said the Democratic governor’s “New York Tough” motto couldn’t be further removed from the tragic reality the state’s citizens are facing. “When it comes to tough questions about his leadership during this time,” Dean wrote, “Cuomo has shown he isn’t so tough after all. In fact, he prefers to place blame on anyone but himself for the disastrous decisions he’s made.” At the crux of the meteorologist’s concerns is an executive order signed by Cuomo on March 25. The edict mandated recovering coronavirus patients be placed in nursing homes and […]
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