New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio opened his press briefing on Tuesday by lambasting President Donald Trump, comparing him to former President Herbert Hoover and saying that Trump “seems to enjoy stabbing his hometown in the back.” De Blasio was referencing an interview Trump did with the New York Post, in which the president expressed his distaste for using federal funds to bail out states governed by Democrats, including New York. “What kind of human being sees the suffering here and decides that people in New York City don’t deserve help?” “What kind of person does that?” he went on. “I’ll tell you something, every day, President Trump resembles more and more Herbert Hoover ― the president who ignored the Great Depression. pic.twitter.com/iibgmknp44 — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) May 5, 2020De Blasio went on to say that Trump is “putting partisanship ahead of the needs of the nation,” and suggested that even Hoover, whom many have compared to Trump, didn’t try to pit Americans against Americans in a time of crisis. Andrew Cuomo also went after Trump on Tuesday over the same interview, using his daily press briefing to stress that partisanship should not be prioritized right now.

Source: Huffington Post May 05, 2020 20:37 UTC