A Joe Biden victory will change how local authorities deal with the coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
"I think you'll even see some governors start to take a different tone now that Mr. Trump is out of office," Cuomo said. "I think the political pressure of denying COVID is gone. I think you'll see scientists speak with an unmuzzled voice now. And I think the numbers are going to go up and Americans are going to get how serious this is."
Cuomo warned that the pandemic is only going to worsen in the coming months before Inauguration Day as the weather gets colder.
"If this [current] administration rolls out a flawed vaccination plan, it's going to be a problem, because it's going to be very hard for the Biden administration to turn it back," the New York Democrat said.
When Cuomo was asked what he thought was the lesson of the election, he said "There's a message for both parties ... but I think the overwhelming message was … it was about President Trump. And the country rejected the negativity, the personality, the controversy ... He disunited the states of America. And Joe Biden is the exact opposite. You heard him speak from his heart last night. That's who he is. He is an authentic person."
Cuomo added that "We are different in this country and we can very easily faction our lives, and that's what Trump played on, divide and conquer — religious issues, racial issues, the gun issue, the abortion issue, the immigration issue ... You'll see Joe Biden is going to be all about that affirmative effort to find the commonality, that core that connects."
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