© 2026 ABC News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who frequently calls McConnell the Grim Reaper, criticized him Thursday morning on the House floor.

\"PHOTO:
House Television via AP
PHOTO: In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 23, 2020.
>

\"What does Senator McConnell say, 'I think the states should go bankrupt.' Oh really? And not pay the hospitals, first responders, and the rest -- Oh really? What made you think that was a good idea? It's just more notion-mongering to get attention, I guess,\" Pelosi said.

What to know about the coronavirus:

Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis.

ABC News' Chris Donovan and Trish Turner contributed to this report.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/cuomo-bashes-mcconnell-suggesting-hard-hit-states-declare/story?id=70310498","legacySlug":"/news/story/cuomo-bashes-mcconnell-suggesting-hard-hit-states-declare-70310498","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"20:15","publishDate":"04-23-2020","updatedTime":"14:30","updatedDate":"04-25-2020","socialImage":{"alt":"Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during his daily press briefing to talk about efforts to fight the spread of the new coronavirus in New York on April 22, 2020.","credit":"ABC News, FILE","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/coronavirus-11-cuomo-ht-jc-200422_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"4/23/2020 20:15:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":70310498,"headline":"Cuomo calls McConnell's 'bankruptcy' idea 'dumb'","mediaAssetTitle":"CUOMO BASHES MCCONNELL OVER 'BANKRUPTCY' IDEA","description":"Governors of both parties \"would love to have free money,\" McConnell said.","duration":"4:53","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/04/200409_vod_orig_covidmarch_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["69363462","69329364","68502930"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"March 6, 2020","headline":"How to prepare for coronavirus in your community","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/prepare-coronavirus-community-69363462","id":69363462,"image":{"alt":"How to prepare for coronavirus in your community","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/Health/coronavirus_main_med_unit_story_200304_hpMain_20200304-111120_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Denis Lovrovic/AFP via Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"March 2, 2020","headline":"How bad is coronavirus? A look at SARS, MERS and others may be a clue.","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/coronavirus-compares-sars-mers-recent-viral-outbreaks-69329364","id":69329364,"image":{"alt":"How bad is coronavirus? A look at SARS, MERS and others may be a clue.","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/coronavirus-1-gty-er-200301_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"January 24, 2020","headline":"Does wearing a mask while traveling ward off illness? Here's what experts say","section":"news","slug":"/news/story/wearing-mask-traveling-ward-off-illness-experts-68502930","id":68502930,"image":{"alt":"Does wearing a mask while traveling ward off illness? Here's what experts say","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/Health/coronavirus-china-gty-aa-200124_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"AFP via Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Cuomo calls McConnell's 'bankruptcy' idea 'dumb'","description":"Governors of both parties \"would love to have free money,\" McConnell said.","duration":"4:53","uploadDate":"04-23-2020","publication":"04-23-2020","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/04/200409_vod_orig_covidmarch_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/04/200409_vod_orig_covidmarch_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/cuomo-bashes-mcconnell-suggesting-hard-hit-states-declare-70310498"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132569874","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132567885","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132510121","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132473181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132497933","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131543053","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:news:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"news","title":"Cuomo calls McConnell's 'bankruptcy' idea 'dumb'","pubTime":"16:15","pubDate":"04-23-2020","modTime":"10:30","modDate":"04-25-2020","taxonomyTags":"none","id":70310498,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Cuomo calls McConnell's 'bankruptcy' idea 'dumb'","mediaAssetTitle":"CUOMO BASHES MCCONNELL OVER 'BANKRUPTCY' IDEA","videoId":70310498,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/news/story/cuomo-bashes-mcconnell-suggesting-hard-hit-states-declare-70310498"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/70310498","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/70310498","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};