GOP senator said she won't commit to additional coronavirus relief funds to cities and states. Her office then said the comments were not meant to be public.

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FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., speaks at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is raising record amounts of cash for his 2020 reelection. But it's not spilling over to vulnerable Republicans fighting to hold their seats in a narrowly divided Senate. During the third quarter, former astronaut Mark Kelly took in $2.5 million more than McSally. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)Associated Press

  • GOP Sen. Martha McSally said she wouldn't commit to backing additional financial aid to "mismanaged" municipalities, saying Arizona taxpayers will be viewed as "cash cows" for coronavirus relief.
  • "This is not the time for us in Arizona and you in Surprise to be paying for mismanagement in Chicago," McSally said during a digital town hall. "That's what, actually, the left is advocating for right now. What we're advocating for is we provide specific relief."
  • A spokeswoman for McSally's office told The Arizona Republic that the Senator's comments were not meant to be public.
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GOP Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona said she won't commit to additional coronavirus relief funds to cities and states looking for financial support amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying that "blue" cities and states look at taxpayers as a "cash cow" for them.

McSally made the comment, first reported by the AZ Mirror, during an hour-long virtual town hall at the end of April hosted by the mayor of Surprise, Arizona, Skip Hall, The Arizona Republic reported.

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