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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis may be the reason Trump extended social distancing.
Inside Trumps risky push to reopen the country amid the coronavirus crisisWhen Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) called President Trump last Sunday, he delivered a blunt message: If you reopen the nations economy too early against the advice of public-health experts, you will own the deaths from the novel coronavirus that follow.
Trumps stalwart ally also warned that the president wouldnt be the only one held responsible. Graham said the Republican Party itself risks being defined ahead of this falls elections as prioritizing commerce and the stock market over the health and safety of the American people, according to three White House officials and a GOP lawmaker who spoke on the condition of anonymity to comment frankly.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-risky-push-to-reopen-the-country-amid-the-coronavirus-crisis/2020/03/28/b87fff62-6ee2-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)to find somebody to blame. I'm expecting a campaign against the experts.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,875 posts)he's clearly jonesing for some rallies. Somebody else will talk him into going back the other way - probably the evilgelicals, who really, really want those megachurches open to empty the pockets of the Bible-banging rubes.
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)And I think you meant gnat. Gerbils have better attention spans.
ProfessorGAC
(65,224 posts)You hate gerbils, don't you? It's all so obvious now!!
2naSalit
(86,819 posts)Yavin4
(35,446 posts)The mouths of the pastors must be watering.
JDC
(10,135 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... against that and more people will die
captain queeg
(10,267 posts)Maybe if ivanka gets it he might actually notice. Of course hed probably try humping her corpse. He has sunk so low I dont feel guilty about any bad thing I can think to say about him.
Maru Kitteh
(28,343 posts)Stuart G
(38,449 posts)..Donald Trump made fun of this crises in the beginning. Like it was a joke. That will come back to haunt Trump and he will be held responsible for all of it. Further, the Republican Party itself is now being defined as the party that could care less about the health and safety of the American people..
Yes, right now that is happening, as Trump tries to lie and lie some more about what has happened and how others were responsible...Like blaming Cuomo. Trump and Republicans will pay the price in November.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)They own it. And regardless what they say, they will be held accountable.
crickets
(25,986 posts)of trump* and the Republican party. It's way past time for warnings about screwing up and being accused of putting money before people. It's done, it's on full display.
You own it. All of you own the blame, and it's not going away. Ever.
malaise
(269,196 posts)Fuck him too. The Con already owns the deaths
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)That will be made clear in November, if not well before.
no_hypocrisy
(46,215 posts)He wants and needs his rallies. He's been doing them on a regular basis since 2016. While on "hiatus," he's afraid that the spell could be broken and the base won't necessarily return.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,902 posts)except possibly the door to his bathroom.
The governors of various states have made the closure orders, and even though a lot of people aren't following them very well, he cannot override them.