We simply cannot stay closed until the vaccine hits critical mass. The cost is too high. We will have nothing left to open. We must reopen the economy, but we must do it smartly and safely.#SOTS2021
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 11, 2021
He then went on to fully endorse “smartly and safely” reopening the economy; this statement arrived after the Democrat governor admitted that there will be “nothing left to open” if shutdowns persist.
Cuomo’s remarks mirror what Republicans, Libertarians, and right-wingers have warned about since the inception of shutdowns.
The hidden agenda
Many Americans are not buying the idea that the Democrat governor of New York merely had a change of heart. Instead, Cuomo and other leftists are facing accusations of intentionally hurting the economy; the premise behind these accusations asserts that Democrats enforced months-long shutdowns as a convoluted plot to politically damage President Trump.
Merely eight days are left until the 45th president exits office; therefore, some Americans find Governor Cuomo’s attitude shift towards lockdowns a little too convenient. Republicans and conservatives hence called out Cuomo and additional Democrats, accusing them of treating American lives and jobs as pawns.
