US President Donald Trump has urged New York City to drop its anti-coronavirus restrictions immediately, accusing its leadership of “destroying the place.”
Trump criticized the persisting anti-coronavirus measures in the city on Tuesday, personally attacking Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“New York City must stop the Shutdown now. The Governor & Mayor are destroying the place!” the president wrote on Twitter.
In a subsequent tweet, the president also alleged that all the anti-coronavirus lockdowns are actually a dirty pre-election trick by the Democrats and that they will be lifted immediately after the polls.
“These shutdowns are ridiculous, and only being done to hurt the economy prior to the most important election, perhaps, in our history!” Trump claimed.
Last week, Cuomo shot down the idea of allowing indoor dining to reopen in New York City, while de Blasio suggested the situation will probably not change in the months to come. The mayor said it will only be possible when there’s some “huge step forward” in tackling the coronavirus, potentially with the emergence of “a vaccine in the spring that will allow us to get more back to normal.”
The enduring restrictions have prompted a group of restaurant owners, backed up by several of the city’s politicians, to sue both the governor and the mayor. The group argues the Covid-19 situation in the city has picked up and is no different from other states, including neighboring New Jersey, which is planning to allow reduced-capacity indoors dining.
New York City must stop the Shutdown now. The Governor & Mayor are destroying the place!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2020
The Democrats will open up their states on November 4th, the day after the Election. These shutdowns are ridiculous, and only being done to hurt the economy prior to the most important election, perhaps, in our history! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2020
(AP)
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opening day = Nov 5 2020. the day after the elections
NYS went from one of the worst hit to one of the safest states in the country, wasn’t a coincidence, so trump, shut your un American mouth.
YWN, why no mention of one the most shocking reports in modern presidential history, the draft dodging trump’s despicable un American denigration of military dead and the military in general?
Moderators Note: You must of missed the multiple articles on that.
President Donald Trump is on the ball, and so correct in his assertion.
Shame on de Blasio & Cuomo, who both are acting despicably, and are doing a horrendous despicable job, including murdering 13,000 seniors.
@rt
You must of mixed up your information with Joe Biden’s. Joe Biden had his Daddy get him 6 deferments while his brothers were being slaughtered on the killing fields of Vietnam and Cambodia. Joe Biden betrayed this Country and is not fit to be POTUS, along with his affirmative action VP pick.
rt after killing everybody
To rt: The reason NY has the least cases is because the vast majority had it already… it has nothing to do with the current lockdown of restaurants.
The mass murderer is now talking to New York. As if he didn’t kill enough people yet
Rt, that allegation about Trump’s comments has already been debunked as a Biden campaign fabrication. The Atlantic’s “sources” are all anonymous while numerous named sources have denied the incident ever happened. They include John Bolton, who despises Trump. Bolton was on the trip and he categorically denied it ever happened
The lockdown of indoor dining in NYC makes no sense. Cuomo and DeBlasio say follow the science . Floral Park straddles the NYC and Nassau County border. Restaurants in the Nassau part of Floral Park have had indoor dining ( 50% capacity ) for a while. One block away, in NYC, no indoor dining. Can someone please explain the science behind this?
Mr. Ego Cuomo.
On the one hand he pats himself on the back that he supposedly brought NYS out of the covid crisis. On the other hand he bans indoor dining because there’s a covid crisis.
Lets get the facts straight.
The negligence in the hospitals are responsible for most covid fatalities
Cuomos forced acception of covid infected patients in nursing homes killed thousands
Cuomo sent back the hospital ship empty while claiming the hospitals have no room for all covid patients
Cuomo claimed in Feb that he’s not locking NY down, and in the aftermath of so many fatalities, he’s keeping NY locked down after the curve. Too late, Cuomo.
Somebody should be on his case and make him face his own hypocrisies. And make him stand trial! NYS demands justice!
Thank you, Mr. Trump, for coming to our defense.
Trump is the dumbest Moron on the planet. According to him it will wash away like a miracle just wash away. What a stupid idiot. He doesn’t care about New Yorkers he has a tower to hide in