Gov. Cuomo Slams Sen. McConnell’s Comments on States Declaring Bankruptcy Amid Coronavirus

A day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he favors allowing states struggling with high public-employee pension costs to declare bankruptcy rather than giving them a federal bailout, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the comment “one of the really dumb ideas of all time.”

If you allow states to go bankrupt, “you will see a collapse of this national economy,” he said. Cuomo also took issue with McConnell’s statement about “stopping blue state bailouts,” calling it “irresponsible and reckless”

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Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American politician, author, and lawyer serving as the 56th governor of New York since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position his father, Mario Cuomo, held for three terms. He has served as Chair of the National Governors Association since August 2020.

Cuomo received national attention for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York and has written a book about his experiences of the event – released on November 10th 2020.

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