MItch McConnell is such a sly old fox

“One of the dumbest statements of all time,” said [Gov. Andrew] Cuomo. “Mitch McConnell, they’re talking about bringing back the economy and then he says states should declare bankruptcy. How does that help the national economy?”

“And he then says this is a bailout to the blue states, which is a really offensive statement,” continued Cuomo. “What he’s saying is the blue states are the states that have the coronavirus problem. Why? Because the coronavirus problem is basically a function of density, and urban areas have more density, and those are cities and cities are blue. They are Democrats. So why should he bail out the blue areas. I mean, it really is offensive. You talk about one issue where you think you can get past partisanship and pettiness and now you talk about helping communities where people are dying and you say they are blue states? No. the coronavirus attacks Republicans and it attacks Democrats. It doesn’t ask someone are you a Republican or are you a Democrat.”

“Normally in emergencies, Chris, this is the one time when you saw the federal government put the politics aside,” added Cuomo. “A state has a hurricane and the state had a flood and they got federal funding because you didn’t play politics with that. McConnell is the exact opposite, and that’s why I said all along they should have insisted that the state funding be in this bill and when they signed this bill, they passed this bill which is small business. They took care of airlines and they took care of all these industries.”

Yes, McConnell did say that.  I suppose it plays well in Kentucky; until he folds and has to pass the bill because Trump wants it.  Pelosi is negotiating with Mnuchin, not McConnell, as she did the last time.  And he said it would never pass the Senate, the last time.  Until, of course, it did, because it had to.

McConnell may get re-elected in Kentucky.  But he's not likely to be in charge of a GOP Senate, with that kind of public profile.