Governor Cuomo took his case for making good state losses from COVID-19 to Washington today, delivering his briefing at the National Press Club.
After speaking with President Trump, Cuomo said there can't be a national economic recovery if state and local governments are broke. Cuomo has said New York is facing a $13 billion deficit because of revenue losses from the coronavirus pandemic. He says the hardest hit states make up one-third of the national economy. Cuomo said it's state governments that fund schools and hospitals...and there can't be a strong economic recovery without them...
Cuomo says it's un-American for Republicans to say Congress shouldn't fund "blue state's" losses. He decried hyperpartisanism in Congress and said the federal government is nothing without the states. He also reacted to criticism from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky by advising McConnell to take off his blinders.