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In the US, Alexandra Villarrea reports for the Guardian that during a press conference Wednesday afternoon, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for allegedly standing in the way of real aid to New York.
It should have been one of the easiest no-brainers in the world for the U.S. Senate to include real money for New York City and New York state in this stimulus bill, and yet it didn’t happen. And we know why — because Mitch McConnell wouldn’t let it happen. I don’t understand how anybody — any public servant — could live with themselves if they deprived the cities in the middle of the biggest crisis since the great depression — deprived us, deprived our state — of the money we need.”
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