President Donald TrumpĀ thinks the states that need Congress to provideĀ emergency relief fundingĀ are "run by Democrats in every case" and he charged it's because they have been fiscally mismanaged.
That's not the case, NBC News reports. Numerous Republican-led states are facingĀ coronavirus-caused financial crises, just like the Democrats.
Less than 24 hours after conducting an interview withĀ The New York PostĀ in which Trump made those remarks, the president took off to visit a mask-making plant in Arizona ā a Republican-led state thatĀ by its own projections could face a shortfallĀ ranging from $600 million to $1.6 billion by the end of the next fiscal year.
Other GOP-helmed states are feeling the effects, too.
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