Washington, DC (CNN) Kentucky's governor on Saturday said he "strongly disagrees" with Mitch McConnell on the Senate Majority Leader's comments that declaring bankruptcy might be best for state and local governments.

Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, in an interview with CNN's Ana Cabrera, took an opposing view to McConnell's previous remarks about the financial situation in states amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, calling the option of bankruptcy "disastrous."

"But I very strongly disagree with them here as does every other governor in the country regardless of party. I hope those comments were off the cuff. I hope they were in reference to something else because bankruptcy for a state would be disastrous," said Beshear on CNN's Newsroom.

Beshear was responding to comments McConnell made Wednesday against more funding for state and local governments in the wake of the coronavirus, saying that Republicans are not interested in "revenue replacement for state governments" or "solving their pension problems."

McConnell's words came a day after the Senate approved a $484 billion bill to help small businesses and hospitals respond to the outbreak. The measure did not include funds for state and local governments, despite Democrats arguing they are hard hit by the disease and the corresponding economic fallout.

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