More COVID-19 cases linked to California church services

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10. Trump says coronavirus 'bailouts' for blue states are unfair to Republicans

Trump has been pushing this talking point that COVID-19 is a blue state problem, which is also coupled with news reports that many minority communities have been hit hard. I am not saying I agree with Trump. Rather, this is a false talking point being pushed by the right.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/05/coronavirus-trump-says-blue-state-bailouts-unfair-to-republicans.html

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said that increased federal funding to help states recover from the coronavirus pandemic is unfair to Republicans, “because all the states that need help — they’re run by Democrats in every case.”

“You look at Illinois, you look at New York, look at California, you know, those three, there’s tremendous debt there, and many others,” Trump said in an interview with the New York Post published Monday.

By contrast, “Florida is doing phenomenal, Texas is doing phenomenal, the Midwest is, you know, fantastic — very little debt,” Trump said.

“I don’t think the Republicans want to be in a position where they bail out states that are, that have been mismanaged over a long period of time,” the president said.