The president is calling out the American military against American citizens.
He used the military to push out a peaceful protest so he could have a photo op at a church.
It's all just a reality TV show for this president.
Shameful.
My mother is not expendable. Your mother is not expendable.
We will not put a dollar figure on human life.
We can have a public health strategy that is consistent with an economic one.
No one should be talking about social darwinism for the sake of the stock market.
If a hospital worker can wear a mask nonstop during a 10-hour shift.
If women can wear masks during labor.
You can wear a mask while running an errand.
I received this letter from a farmer in northeast Kansas. His wife is ill and he is aging.
He sent me 1 of 5 N95 masks he has from farming to pass on to a doctor or nurse in New York.
This is humanity at its best. I share his letter as inspiration.
We reported over 100,000 tests yesterday. Highest number to date.
Our infection rate remains under 1%.
The takeaway?
More tests does not equal more cases. And masks work.
We finally got some good news today.
The Chinese government helped facilitate a donation of 1,000 ventilators that will arrive in JFK today.
I thank the Chinese government, Jack Ma, Joe Tsai, the Jack Ma Foundation, the Tsai Foundation and Consul General Huang.
I wish I could promise New Yorkers this will be over soon. I can't.
Here's what I can promise.
I will continue to give you the facts and I will make decisions based on science and data.
New Yorkers deserve nothing less.
No mammograms? We cured breast cancer.
No HIV tests? We eradicated HIV.
No pregnancy test? No baby.
The White House logic that without testing there is no virus is denial on a national scale.
The president is tweeting conspiracy theories about the Buffalo incident based on no evidence, no proof.
Was the blood coming out of his head staged? Were our eyes lying to us? No.
The man is still in the hospital & the president is disparaging him.
It's cruel & reckless.
I hope NY doesn’t ultimately need 30,000 ventilators.
But I don't operate on opinion and hope.
I operate on facts and data and science.
All the projections say we will need 30,000-40,000 ventilators.
So that is what we will strive to have.
The Four Seasons Hotel on 57th Street will provide FREE lodging to doctors, nurses & medical personnel currently working to respond to the
#COVID19
pandemic.
Thank you
@FourSeasons
.
The first of many hotels we hope will make their rooms available.
#BREAKING
: All New Yorkers will be able to vote absentee on the June 23rd primaries.
New Yorkers shouldn't have to choose between their health and their civic duty.
There are those who want to intentionally blur the lines between peaceful, legitimate protesters and looters.
The president is among them.
They want you to watch the videos of the looting — not the video of Mr. Floyd being murdered.
Don't fall for it.
UPDATE: We are sending 1 million N95 masks to New York City.
500,000 N95 masks will go to Long Island.
We are purchasing 6,000 additional ventilators and gathering supplies from every source we can get.
3 months ago there weren’t enough masks.
We were desperately sourcing them from all over the globe.
Now there are plenty of masks but some people don’t want to wear them.
Come on, guys.
The federal government does not decide if NYS schools reopen — the state does.
We will make that decision based on the science and the data.
A decision will be announced in the first week of August.
When you wear a mask you are saying I respect my neighbors.
When you wear a mask you are saying I respect nurses and doctors.
When you wear a mask you are saying I respect other people.
I’m calling on the Federal Government to nationalize the medical supply chain.
The Federal Government should immediately use the Defense Production Act to order companies to make gowns, masks and gloves.
Currently, states are competing against other states for supplies.
Let's show our gratitude to our everyday heroes.
They’re stepping up for all of us. So when you see them, thank them. I’ll start.
Thank you to every:
-Healthcare worker
-Grocer
-Pharmacist
-Police officer
-Firefighter
-Public transit worker
-Childcare worker
And so many more.
If it’s public health versus the economy, the only choice is public health. You cannot put a value on human life.
You do the right thing. That’s what Pop taught us
@ChrisCuomo
I will be signing an Executive Order to allow medical students who were slated to graduate this spring to begin practicing now.
These are extraordinary times and New York needs the help.
The temporary hospital in the Javits Center will fully open on MONDAY.
I congratulate FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers for their work at Javits. I thank the Javits staff. I thank the National Guard.
You built a hospital in a week.
You are the best of us.
If you're traveling to New York from the following states you must self-quarantine for 14 days.
The states are: AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, IA, ID, LA, MS, NC, NV, SC, TN, TX, UT.
NEW:
@Apple
has donated 1.9 million masks to the State of New York with more on the way.
We are so grateful to Apple for this much-needed gift of critical PPE supplies.
Thank you. Thank you.
C'mon Donald—you didn't read my book, everyone knows you don't read.
There are lessons to learn & you still haven't.
With 8.2M+ Americans infected, you are the
#1
super-spreader.
Enjoy life in FL (POS rate 12%) in 2 weeks; NY (POS rate 1.1%) won't miss you.
PS- Wear a mask.
Governor Cuomo has shown tremendously poor leadership skills in running N.Y. Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. So many unnecessary deaths. The City & State have sunk to historic lows...
NEW: JetBlue is donating free flights for incoming medical volunteers heading to New York State.
Thank you
@JetBlue
for transporting the vital personnel we need. So grateful for the help.
Wearing a mask is about respect.
It shows you stand up when it counts. It shows you have joined the battle. It shows you care about your country.
I can’t think of a more patriotic thing.
NEW: I am issuing an Executive Order allowing New Yorkers to obtain a marriage license remotely and allowing clerks to perform ceremonies via video conference.
When something is working — you don’t change it.
Wearing masks and social distancing is working.
No indoor crowds is working.
It's not rocket science. Let’s keep doing what we are doing.
#BREAKING
: I am issuing an Executive Order today that all people MUST wear a mask or face covering in public in situations where social distancing is not possible.
NY has given $116 billion more to the federal government than we received since 2015.
Kentucky *took* $148 billion more from the federal government than it gave.
Just give NY our money back, Senator McConnell.
NY is issuing an emergency health order:
Out-of-state travelers from designated high-COVID states must provide their contact information upon arrival.
If you fail to provide it, you will receive a summons with a $2K fine.
We’re serious about enforcing quarantine.
We are one nation.
We need to purchase and distribute supplies working together as one nation.
50 states can't be competing with each other for the same supplies.
It makes no sense.
No New Yorker should have to choose between their health and their right to vote.
I am issuing an Executive Order mandating that the State Board of Elections automatically mail all registered voters postage-paid applications for an absentee ballot.
The CDC reversed its guidance to say that people in close contact with a COVID-positive person don't need to get tested.
This is not science. It’s politics. Politics that are dangerous to public health.
It's indefensible.
To each and every doctor putting his or her life at risk to save the lives of others, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
You are the unwavering front line soldiers, angels and heroes in this war.
You make New York proud.
#NationalDoctorsDay
We do not have enough ventilators.
Period.
I am signing an Executive Order allowing the state to take ventilators and redistribute to hospitals in need.
The National Guard will be mobilized to move ventilators to where they are urgently required to save lives.
Today I will sign an Executive Order recognizing
#Juneteenth
as a holiday for state employees.
I will advance legislation to make it an official state holiday next year.
Why are black people dying from
#COVID
at higher rates than white people? Why are health outcomes worse in communities of color? Why did George Floyd die? Why does this happen again and again? It’s all related.
Facts are empowering.
Even when the facts are discouraging, not knowing the facts is worse.
I promise that I will continue to give New Yorkers all the facts, not selective facts.
We are going to fight every way we can to save every life that we can.
That’s what it means to be an American and that’s what it means to be a New Yorker.
The White House is actively trying to discredit its own medical professionals and health experts.
This is not normal. And it does nothing to help a suffering nation.