Cuomo says Trump is not a king, can't force states to reopen

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL R. SISAK

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to morning TV shows Tuesday to push back against President Donald Trump’s claim of “total” authority to reopen the nation’s virus-stalled economy, noting that a president is not an absolute monarch.

“We don’t have a king,” Cuomo said on NBC’s “Today. “We have a president. That was a big decision. We ran away from having a king, and George Washington was president, not King Washington. So the president doesn’t have total authority.”

The Democratic governor, whose state has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, was reacting to Trump’s assertion Monday that “when somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total.”

“Nope,” Cuomo said.



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[Igel]

1. Of course he doesn't have the authority.

Trump's saying he does have the authority is on the same level as those who said he had the authority (even "duty&quot to shut things down.

When they wanted done at all costs--and "their" governors were balking and didn't want the responsibility, of course it was Trump's. Now that they do, of course it's not Trump's. The only thing that's changed is "don't want" to "do want", but suddenly the Constitution is rewritten.

[duforsure]

2. He's starting a fight with them now

By claiming this to put states against each other, while he'll reduce their federal funds to use to hurt them until they submit to his demands. Remember he did this in his Ukraine bribery and extortion scandal too, trying to force them to hurt others or they get nothing. Putin was involved then , and likely with this also, I think.

[bdamomma]

3. He's forgetting

his ass is impeached. He's an impeached pResident, always and forever.

[obamanut2012]

15. shoo

[Sunriser13]

19. I didn't even see that post,

but your simple response made me laugh out loud.

Thanks, I needed that!

[keithbvadu2]

4. Trump does not want to lead or govern. He wants to rule.

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[Nacht Owl]

5. Trump doesn't think he's a King, though

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Americans don't know their history

but the capital of the country from 1785 to 1790 was NYC, and colonial Congresses met at various times in NJ, Philadelphia, York and Lancaster PA, and Maryland. Congress under the Articles of Confederation met in Philadelphia from 1781 to 1783. So these original colonies that became states have a deep historical understanding of what it means to defeat a tyrant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol

[appalachiablue]

16. Yes, America's last king was the defeated tyrant, King George III

[niyad]

7. Gov. Chomp, donnie bodybags does not think he is a king. He is palpating 2.0.

[samsingh]

8. If he feels he can do this (he can't) then he should make sure all states have social distancing in

place. Otherwise - he's guilty of the resulting problems.

[Harker]

9. "Nope" to The Dope.

He's headed for a huge, resounding "nope" in Nopevember.

[Blues Heron]

10. He can't even shut down South Dakota - pathetic

no way he can open up a big state like NY. Trump is an impeached joke, a deep fried nest of the worst human traits, a blight.

[marble falls]

11. Tho King Trump the Plump does have a certain ring about it.

King Donald Smallhands. King Donald Lardbottom. King Donald Mushroomsword.

[winstars]

14. LOL.. You are hilarious... Thanks for laughs today!!!

I was just watching this funny movie:

Thanks again!

[Marcuse]

17. Faux news is using that talking point. His Heinous "tricked" the Govs into owning the reopening

and any negative consequences.

[riversedge]

18. this was the first battle, do we want a king or do we want a president. And we opted for a presiden

Cuomo: If Trump wants a fight 'he's not going to get it from me'

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By Rebecca Klar - 04/14/20 01:06 PM EDT


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“I put my hand out in total partnership and cooperation with the president, if he wants a fight he's not going to get it from me period,” Cuomo said at his briefing. “This is going to take us working together. We have a real challenge ahead, just because those numbers are flattening it’s no time to relax, we’re not out of the woods.”

At the heart of the controversy are Trump’s claims from the day before that he has the authority to reopen businesses in states where they've been closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“The president of the United States has the authority to do what the president has the authority to do, which is very powerful,” Trump said Monday. “The president of the United States calls the shots.”

Cuomo pushed back Tuesday morning in a series of cable news shows before his briefing, claiming Trump is wrong in his statement and said the power lies with the states.

Trump fired back at Cuomo Tuesday morning, about an hour before the start of Cuomo’s briefings.

“Cuomo’s been calling daily, even hourly, begging for everything, most of which should have been the state’s responsibility, such as new hospitals, beds, ventilators, etc. I got it all done for him, and everyone else, and now he seems to want Independence!” Trump tweeted Tuesday morning. “That won’t happen!”

Asked during his briefing why he responded to Trump if he’s not looking for a fight, Cuomo said Trump’s comment that he has “total authority over the states can not go uncorrected.”

“That is factually wrong,” Cuomo said, citing the 10th Amendment which states that powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.

“[There’s] many things you can debate in the Constitution because they’re ambiguous, this is not one of those things that is ambiguous … this was the first battle, do we want a king or do we want a president. And we opted for a president," Cuomo added.
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Cuomo said it would be his “pleasure” to speak to Trump, but said he has no plans to speak with the president today...........................

[whistler162]

20. He did what he is trying to do in 1996 on

a MUCH smaller scale. Others do the work and he tries to take the credit.

https://uproxx.com/culture/donald-trump-crashed-childrens-charity-event/

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

21. what does tRump think will happen?

National Guard and the Army going house to house- "you there!! Get dressed and go to work!"