Chris Cuomo calls out Fla. governor for allowing people to get sick to make Trump happy

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On Cuomo Prime Time Monday night, Chris Cuomo called out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who railed against the media for its reporting on his handling of the coronavirus not long before Florida would become a national hotspot for new cases.

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RON DESANTIS: Florida was going to be just like New York. Wait two weeks. Florida's going to be next. Just like Italy, wait two weeks. Well, hell, we're eight weeks away from that, and it hasn't happened.

CHRIS CUOMO: What now? Sh.

KYLIE MAR: On "Cumo Prime Time" Monday night, Chris Cuomo called out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who railed against the media for its reporting on his handling of the coronavirus, not long before Florida would become a national hotspot for new cases.

CHRIS CUOMO: Florida health officials reported nearly 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, its highest single day since the start of the pandemic. He made Trump happy, Governor DeSantis did. And now more Floridians than they can count accurately appear to be sick.

KYLIE MAR: Florida is one of a handful of states that were first to reopen, that are now closing things down again. And Cuomo pointed out that even Vice President Pence is slowly beginning to take a new approach to the coronavirus.

CHRIS CUOMO: Even Pence, who you saw silently by DeSantis' side as he spewed nonsense, seems to be his strongest asset as an ally. Even he is now saying, you should wear a mask. That's good, since he's the head of the Coronavirus Task Force.

KYLIE MAR: On Monday night, the hashtag #TrumpKillsFlorida started trending. But Florida isn't alone in seeing a sudden spike in new cases as states attempt to reopen.

CHRIS CUOMO: More than half our states have growing cases now. 16 are currently having to pause or roll back reopening because they did not do the right things the right ways.