From the top linked USA Today article:
King was not the only politician to put McConnell's statement in historical terms.
"That is one of the saddest, really dumb comments of all time," Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo told public radio station WAMC.
"Let's have all the states declare bankruptcy. That's the way to bring the national economy back," Cuomo said sarcastically. "When are they going to stop with the partisanship? Not even on life and death? I mean, it's so ridiculous."
Cuomo also addressed McConnell's suggestion Thursday during his daily coronavirus news briefing. He said, if it was a question of "fairness, New York State puts much more into the federal pot than it takes out."
"At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out. His state, the state of Kentucky, takes out $148 billion more than they put in," Cuomo said. "Senator McConnell, who's getting bailed out here? It's your state that is living on the money that we generate. Your state is getting bailed out. Not my state."
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Cuomo does a good job cutting to the heart of the matter.
