News Cuomo: Trump's COVID-19 Response Makes Nixon Look 'Innocent' By Dan Clark Published July 13, 2020 at 11:22 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a recent press avail Credit: Gov. Cuomo's Office Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday compared President Donald Trump to former President Richard Nixon, saying the former’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the infamous Watergate Scandal of the 1970s “look innocent.” "Trump's COVID scandal makes what Nixon did at Watergate look innocent," Cuomo said. "Nobody died in the Watergate scandal. Thousands of people are going to die in this COVID scandal."