The New York Governor is echoing his new best friend Donald Trump…
He is talking about trying to deal with the economy downturn that virus limiting efforts have caused…
This while Joe Biden is limited to talking on social media on the side lines from home…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Monday the state has to begin planning to move forward economically after shutting down all nonessential businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“There has to be a balance, or parallel tracks that we’re going down,” Cuomo said at his daily briefing, in terms of public health and economic viability.
“I take total responsibility for shutting off the economy in terms of nonessential workers, but we also have to start to plan the pivot back to economic functionality. You can’t stop the economy forever,” he added.
President Trump signaled he may lift restrictions intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, tweeting late Sunday night that “we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”
He added that the White House will make a decision “as to which way we want to go” after the end of the 15-day period implemented in the White House plan released last week.
Asked about Trump’s remarks, Cuomo said “you have to walk and chew gum in life,” adding that no executive has the “luxury of being one-dimensional.”
“I am very proud of the measures we’ve taken to address this public health crisis,” Cuomo said.
“But I’m also very aware you cannot — it is unsustainable to run this state or run this country with the economy closed down,” he added.
The governor said officials are looking to create a plan to get the economy back up and running while also taking public health strategy into consideration…..
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People close to the governor said Cuomo is willing to praise Trump as long as he is getting attention from the federal government. So far, Cuomo advisers say their calls have been returned immediately.
“Unlike the mayor, the governor has guarded his rhetoric around the president — knowing that the only hope coming out of this is federal assistance,” said Kathryn Wylde, who runs the influential Partnership for New York City, a business group that calls the city’s major CEOs its members. “It’s necessary. It’s called the survival instinct. There is no way for New York or any place else to come out of this without enormous federal intervention.”…
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Trump has told advisers that he appreciates Cuomo’s praise on TV, giving him the bipartisan kudos he loves, and that they should pay special attention to New York, White House officials said.
“Biden has a Democratic problem. The Democratic governors of the two largest states have been collaborating with the White House and have been complimentary of the president’s decisive actions and responsiveness to their very enormous needs,” said Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to the president, referring to Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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