New York Mayor Invoice de Blasio referred to as President Donald Trump a hypocrite on Tuesday for saying he isn’t inclined to bail out states, particularly these run by Democrats, which have been left cash-strapped by the coronavirus. 

In a New York Post interview printed Tuesday, Trump stated he supported Senate Majority Chief Mitch McConnell’s stance that he would not present federal support to blue state governments, saying that Congress shouldn’t be inclined to do bailouts. 

De Blasio criticized Trump’s feedback, saying that the president was keen to offer almost $58 billion to bail out the airline business however to not states to fund vital public providers like police and well being care. 

“He says he isn’t inclined to do bailouts. He is a pure hypocrite given how a lot cash he is put within the arms of the companies and the rich already,” de Blasio stated at a press convention. “Which means he isn’t inclined to assist firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, law enforcement officials, medical doctors, nurses, health-care staff, academics, sanitation staff.”

He stated residents are relying on the federal authorities to make state and native governments entire. 

Trump informed the Submit that any potential bailout can be unfair to Republican-led states as a result of the states that want monetary assist are “run by Democrats in each case. Florida is doing phenomenal, Texas is doing phenomenal, the Midwest is, you recognize, unbelievable — little or no debt.” Texas and Florida have Republican governors. 

De Blasio rejected Trump’s feedback, and referred to a letter despatched to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and signed by 111 of the state’s mayors requesting all Texas cities get the same access to federal coronavirus reduction funds, no matter measurement. He additionally referenced studies of the coronavirus’ speedy unfold via the Midwest’s meatpacking amenities. 

“I do not know what nation he is residing in, however right here in the US of America persons are hurting,” de Blasio stated of Trump. “It does not matter what state they’re in, it does not matter if it is pink or blue.” 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo previously criticized McConnell’s assist for letting states declare chapter, calling it “one of many actually dumb concepts of all time.” The state is grappling with a $13.three billion shortfall in income in contrast with its unique forecast, a 14% decline within the state’s projected drop in tax receipts.

New York state is forecasting $61 billion in whole misplaced income between fiscal years 2021 and 2024, Cuomo stated. De Blasio has projected that Covid-19 will cost his city $7.four billion in misplaced tax income over the present and subsequent fiscal yr after town shuttered companies and ordered folks to remain indoor to attempt to include the outbreak. 

“There’s not going to be a nationwide restoration with out New York Metropolis and New York state and cities and states throughout the nation which have been hit so onerous,” de Blasio stated.