Andrew Cuomo said Thurs he refuses Trump's UI ext bcz he believed it was illegal, that he'd "rather do biz w the old time bookie on the corner than w FEMA", & that it would be "an impossibility" to implement short term. Arizona had already started paying theirs out that Monday 🤡
He capituated the next day, but why did it take him two weeks to realize the EO wasn't pixie dust, particularly after other states ALREADY had the money and were paying their citizens? 1.5m New Yorkers are unemployed and need that money, and he's dicking around
Meanwhile Muriel Bowser outright refuses to take the $ & Oregon is claiming to be too stupid to understand how to ask. Again, AZ paid theirs out Mon, & 3 (or 4 with VA) states figured out you can get all $400 for free from the Fed. But Dems are the competent ones? Embarrassing
Delaware, Joe Biden's home fucking state, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, and Wisconsin also still haven't even bothered to apply. What the fuck, guys? There's limited funds and the longer they drag their feet the less is available to their own citizens. Absolutely atrocious
The delays on this are a disgrace. Dems keep trotting out that the EO was "complex" or that Trump put in restrictions, but he really didn't. The EO was very short in plain English & I, a non-lawyer, correctly broke it down the night it dropped while drunk https://mobile.twitter.com/TSBigMoney/status/1292351702268555265
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