Andrew Cuomo wanted to make a very simple point when we talked Friday afternoon: The Democrat's theory of how to slow the coronavirus pandemic had succeeded while President Donald Trump's theory had failed. Trump's theory, and that of many Republican governors, according to Cuomo, was this: "We can reopen quickly and we can handle the virus because it will go away, or we will have a vaccine." No matter the political pressure, keep the state closed until the virus had demonstrably receded as measured by widely available testing, lowered hospitalization rates and decreased deaths. "We tested both theories," Cuomo told me. Why don't we pause and recognize the undeniable reality of the situation?"

Source: CNN June 27, 2020 15:45 UTC