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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK WITH NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO.
NOW, I'M ASKING THIS NEXT QUESTION FOR A FRIEND.
WHEN WILL LATE NIGHT SHOWS IN NEW YORK BE ALLOWED TO HAVE
AUDIENCES AGAIN?
NOT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T LIVE FOR LAUGHTER.
I'M ASKING FOR FALLON AND SETH.
I'M SURE IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.
>> TELL THEM TO CALL ME BECAUSE I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A FRIEND DESPERATE TO GET IN FRONT OF AN
AUDIENCE AGAIN.
>> I'LL CALL FALLON AND SETH.
>> Stephen: OKAY, GOOD.
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP THIS APOLITICAL,
AND YOU'VE NOT RISEN TO ANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BAIT ABOUT
TALKING ABOUT THE BLUE STATES NOT MANAGING THEIR OWN FINANCES
OR THEIR OWN CROAFD CRISIS, BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE PRESIDENT
WHEN HE SAYS THAT IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO REPUBLICANS TO BE
BAILING OUT BLUE STATES RIGHT NOW WHO ARE THE HEAVY URBAN
POPULATION STATES THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE COVID CRISIS AT
ITS HIGHEST LEVELS?
>> FIRST, YOU'RE RIGHT, I TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE POLITICS
BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN UGLY, DIVIDED, POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
TO BEGIN WITH.
ONCE THAT POLITICAL FLAG GOES UP, STEVE, AND PEOPLE CHANGE THE
LENS AND EVERYTHING BECOMES POLITICAL, AND YOU'RE AT 50/50,
AND WE NEED EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE HERE, WE NEEDED ALL
NEW YORKERS TO WORK TOGETHER, SO I STAY 100 MILES AWAY FROM
POLITICS, BUT STATES DO NEED FUNDING, AND WE DO NEED FEDERAL
LEGISLATION PROVIDING FUNDING FOR STATES.
YOU HAVE THE STATES IN CHARGE OF REOPENING.
THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE THAT CLEAR.
IT'S UP TO THE GOVERNORS.
I HAVE A $13 BILLION DEFICIT.
YOU KNOW, MY STATE HAS A TERRIBLE FINANCIAL HOLD BECAUSE
OF THIS VIRUS, AND ALL STATES ARE IN THE SAME POSITION.
IF YOU WANT TO GET THE ECONOMY BACK RUNNING, YOU HAVE TO FUND
STATES.
THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIONS, THE SMALL BUSINESSES, AIRLINES.
THE STATES FUND POLICE, FIRE, SCHOOLS, TEACHERS.
SO YOU HAVE TO FUND THE STATES.
THE BAILOUT ARGUMENT IS JUST NONSENSICAL.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHO PAYS THE BILLS IN THIS COUNTRY, WHO
CONTRIBUTES MORE MONEY, NEW YORK CONTRIBUTES MORE MONEY TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EVERY YEAR THAN IT GETS BACK.
WE, IN ESSENCE, HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STATES TO THE TUNE OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
EVERY YEAR.
WE PUT IN ABOUT $30 BILLION MORE EVERY YEAR THAN WE GET BACK.
SO, IF ANYTHING, NEW YORK HAS BEEN BAILING OUT THE NATION FOR
MANY, MANY YEARS.
BUT, LOOK, THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN ISSUE,
IT'S JUST NOT.
THE VIRUS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS DYING, YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS DYING.
IT'S NOT A RED STATE-BLUE STATE ISSUE.
IT'S A NATIONAL ISSUE.
IT IS A RED, WHITE AND BLUE ISSUE, AND I JUST REFUSE TO GET
INTO THAT PARTISAN FIGHT BECAUSE, FOR ME, I'M TRYING TO
HANDLE THIS SITUATION IN NEW YORK, I HAVE DEMOCRATS,
REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, EVERYTHING IN NEW YORK, AND I
NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT SPEAKING OUT OF ANY
POLITICAL TONE.
I HAVE NO POLITICS IN THIS.
I'M NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING ELSE, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE
ELSE.
I'M JUST GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, AND I REPRESENT THEM, DEMOCRAT,
REPUBLICAN, AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE'RE ALL TRYING
TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING, AND THAT FEELING OF MUTUALITY
THAT WE USED TO HAVE IN THIS NATION WHICH IS GONE, I WANT TO
HAVE THAT IN NEW YORK.
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, WE HAVE THE SAME
AGENDA, I'M TRYING TO PROTECT YOU WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO
PROTECT ME.
THAT MASK IS A BEAUTIFUL METAPHOR.
I DON'T WEAR A MASK TO PROTECT MYSELF, I HAVE WEAR A MASK TO
PROTECT YOU, AND YOU WEAR A MASK TO PROTECT ME, AND THAT'S
COMMUNITY AT ITS BEST.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S CITIZENSHIP AT ITS BEST, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M
TRYING TO DO IN NEW YORK.
>> Stephen: SIR, WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE QUICK BREAK, IF
YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A MOMENT MORE, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO.
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