YORK SHOULD LEAD THE WAY ON ANSWERING THIS QUESTION AND

ANSWERING THIS QUESTION AND ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. ALSO, I WANT TO SPEAK TO A POINT

ALSO, I WANT TO SPEAK TO A POINT FROM OUR FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON.

FROM OUR FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON. SENATOR McCONNELL, WHO IS THE

SENATOR McCONNELL, WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE SENATE, YOU KNOW

HEAD OF THE SENATE, YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FUNDING

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND IT WAS NOT IN THE BILL THAT

AND IT WAS NOT IN THE BILL THAT THE HOUSE IS GOING TO PASS

THE HOUSE IS GOING TO PASS TODAY.

TODAY. THEY SAID DON'T WORRY, DON'T

THEY SAID DON'T WORRY, DON'T WORRY, DON'T WORRY, THE NEXT

WORRY, DON'T WORRY, THE NEXT BILL.

BILL. AS SOON AS THE SENATE PASSED IT,

AS SOON AS THE SENATE PASSED IT, THIS CURRENT BILL, SENATOR MITCH

THIS CURRENT BILL, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL GOES OUT AND HE SAYS,

McCONNELL GOES OUT AND HE SAYS, MAYBE THE STATES SHOULD DECLARE

MAYBE THE STATES SHOULD DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.

BANKRUPTCY. THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE DUMB

THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE DUMB IDEAS OF ALL TIME.

IDEAS OF ALL TIME. AND I SAID TO MY COLLEAGUES IN

AND I SAID TO MY COLLEAGUES IN WASHINGTON, I WOULD HAVE INSISTS

WASHINGTON, I WOULD HAVE INSISTS THAT STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING WAS

THAT STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING WAS IN THIS CURRENT BILL.

IN THIS CURRENT BILL. BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY

BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WANT THE FUNDS, STATE AND LOCAL

WANT THE FUNDS, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

GOVERNMENTS. AND NOT TO FUND STATE AND LOCAL

AND NOT TO FUND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS INCREDIBLY

GOVERNMENTS IS INCREDIBLY SHORTSIGHTED.

SHORTSIGHTED. THEY WANT TO FUND SMALL

THEY WANT TO FUND SMALL BUSINESS, FUND THE AIRLINES.

BUSINESS, FUND THE AIRLINES. I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BUT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS POLICE AND FIRE AND

FUNDS POLICE AND FIRE AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS.

TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS. HOW DO YOU KNOW FUND POLICE AND

HOW DO YOU KNOW FUND POLICE AND FIRE AND TEACHER AND SCHOOLS IN

FIRE AND TEACHER AND SCHOOLS IN THE MIDST OF THIS CRISIS.

THE MIDST OF THIS CRISIS. YES, AIRLINES ARE IMPORTANT.

YES, AIRLINES ARE IMPORTANT. YES, SMALL BUSINESS IS

YES, SMALL BUSINESS IS IMPORTANT.

IMPORTANT. SO POLICE AND FIRE AND HEALTH

SO POLICE AND FIRE AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO ARE THE

CARE WORKERS WHO ARE THE FRONTLINE WORKERS.

FRONTLINE WORKERS. WHEN YOU DON'T FUND THE STATE,

WHEN YOU DON'T FUND THE STATE, THE STATE CAN'T FUND THE

THE STATE CAN'T FUND THE SERVICES.

SERVICES. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. IT ALSO MAKES NO SENSE THAT THE

IT ALSO MAKES NO SENSE THAT THE ENTIRE NATION IS DEPENDENT ON

ENTIRE NATION IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE GOVERNORS DO TO REOPEN.

WHAT THE GOVERNORS DO TO REOPEN. WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT.

WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT. IT'S UP TO THIS GOVERNOR, IT'S

IT'S UP TO THIS GOVERNOR, IT'S UP TO THIS GOVERNOR, IT'S UP TO

UP TO THIS GOVERNOR, IT'S UP TO THIS GOVERNOR.

THIS GOVERNOR. BUT THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

BUT THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FUND THE STATE GOVERNMENT?

FUND THE STATE GOVERNMENT? YOU THINK I'M GOING TO DO IT

YOU THINK I'M GOING TO DO IT ALONE?

ALONE? HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO WORK?

TO WORK? AND THEN TO SUGGEST WE'RE

AND THEN TO SUGGEST WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY. STATES SHOULD DECLARE

STATES SHOULD DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.

BANKRUPTCY. THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BRING

THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THIS NATIONAL ECONOMY BACK, BY

THIS NATIONAL ECONOMY BACK, BY STATES DECLARING BANKRUPTCY?

STATES DECLARING BANKRUPTCY? YOU WANT TO SEE THAT MARKET

YOU WANT TO SEE THAT MARKET SMALL THROUGH THE CELLAR.

SMALL THROUGH THE CELLAR. LET NEW YORK STATE DECLARE

LET NEW YORK STATE DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.

BANKRUPTCY. LET ILLINOIS DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.

LET ILLINOIS DECLARE BANKRUPTCY. LET CALIFORNIA DECLARE

LET CALIFORNIA DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.

BANKRUPTCY. YOU WILL SEE A COLLAPSE OF THIS

YOU WILL SEE A COLLAPSE OF THIS NATIONAL ECONOMY.

NATIONAL ECONOMY. SO JUST DUMB.

SO JUST DUMB. VICIOUS IS SAYING WHEN SENATOR

VICIOUS IS SAYING WHEN SENATOR McCONNELL SAID THIS IS A BLUE

McCONNELL SAID THIS IS A BLUE STATE BAILOUT.

STATE BAILOUT. WHAT HE'S SAYING IS IF YOU LOOK

WHAT HE'S SAYING IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATES THAT HAVE

AT THE STATES THAT HAVE CORONAVIRUS PROBLEMS, THEY TEND

CORONAVIRUS PROBLEMS, THEY TEND TO BE DEMOCRATIC STATES -- NEW

TO BE DEMOCRATIC STATES -- NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN,

YORK, CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, THEY ARE DEMOCRATIC

ILLINOIS, THEY ARE DEMOCRATIC STATES.

STATES. SO IF YOU FUND STATES THAT ARE

SO IF YOU FUND STATES THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS,

SUFFERING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS, THEY'RE DEMOCRATIC STATES.

THEY'RE DEMOCRATIC STATES. DON'T HELP NEW YORK STATE

DON'T HELP NEW YORK STATE BECAUSE IT IS A DEMOCRATIC

BECAUSE IT IS A DEMOCRATIC STATE.

STATE. HOW UGLY A THOUGHT.

HOW UGLY A THOUGHT. JUST THINK OF -- JUST THINK OF

JUST THINK OF -- JUST THINK OF WHAT HE IS SAYING.

WHAT HE IS SAYING. PEOPLE DIED.

PEOPLE DIED. 15,000 PEOPLE DIED IN NEW YORK.

15,000 PEOPLE DIED IN NEW YORK. BUT THEY WERE PREDOMINANTLY

BUT THEY WERE PREDOMINANTLY DEMOCRATS.

DEMOCRATS. SO WHY SHOULD WE HELP THEM?

SO WHY SHOULD WE HELP THEM? I MEAN, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, IF

I MEAN, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME YOU'RE

THERE WAS EVER A TIME YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ASIDE -- FOR YOU TO

GOING TO PUT ASIDE -- FOR YOU TO PUT ASIDE YOUR PETTINESS AND

PUT ASIDE YOUR PETTINESS AND YOUR PARTISANSHIP, AND THIS

YOUR PARTISANSHIP, AND THIS POLITICAL LENS THAT YOU SEE THE

POLITICAL LENS THAT YOU SEE THE WORLD THROUGH, DEMOCRAT AND

WORLD THROUGH, DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN AND REHELP

REPUBLICAN AND REHELP REPUBLICANS BUT -- WE

REPUBLICANS BUT -- WE HELP REPUBLICANS BUT WE DON'T

HELP REPUBLICANS BUT WE DON'T HELP DEMOCRATS.

HELP DEMOCRATS. THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE!

THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE! THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE AS A

THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE.

PEOPLE. IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME FOR

IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME FOR HUMANITY AND DECENCY, IS NOW IS

HUMANITY AND DECENCY, IS NOW IS THE TIME.

THE TIME. IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME TO STOP

IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME TO STOP YOUR POLITICAL -- OBSESSIVE,

YOUR POLITICAL -- OBSESSIVE, POLITICAL BIAS AND ANGER, WHICH

POLITICAL BIAS AND ANGER, WHICH IS WHAT IT HAS MORPHED INTO,

IS WHAT IT HAS MORPHED INTO, JUST A POLITICAL ANGER, NOW IS

JUST A POLITICAL ANGER, NOW IS THE TIME.

THE TIME. AND YOU WANT TO POLITICALLY

AND YOU WANT TO POLITICALLY DIVIDE THIS NATION NOW WITH ALL