New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not abide by any order that President Donald Trump gave to reopen his state in an unsafe ...
WASHINGTON: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not abide by any order that US President Donald Trump might give to reopen his state in an unsafe manner during the coronavirus outbreak.
"If he ordered me to reopen in a way that would endanger the public health of the people of my state, I wouldn't do it," Cuomo said in an interview with CNN.Trump said on Monday he believed he had"total authority" over states in terms of the US coronavirus response, a stance that is not supported by the Constitution and was immediately rejected by legal experts and some governors.
Cuomo said any such order would set up a constitutional challenge between the states and the federal government that would go to court. "And the worst possible thing he could do at this moment - to act dictatorial and to act in a partisan, divisive way," he said, referring to the president's impending bid for re-election in November."Keep the politics out of it."READ: Trump says plan to re-open US economy to be completed soon as death toll tops 23,000"We had this argument. It was done a long time ago. People by the name of Hamilton, and Jefferson and Madison and Washington. And they concluded this.
"It says the federal government does not have absolute power," said Cuomo."It says the exact opposite of what the president said. It says that would be a king."
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