GOP split on whether to back Fauci's or Trump's assessment on reopening economy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republican senators are conceding that Dr. Anthony Fauci's testimony warning about moving too quickly to reopen the US economy is inconsistent with President Donald Trump's push to "liberate" various states and quickly get the country back to business.

But the GOP is split about whether Trump should be more cautious with his own public statements or if it's Fauci who is being too much of an alarmist, as Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky appears to be asserting.

"Surely the testimony is more nuanced than the President's statements," said Sen. Bill Cassidy, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which hosted Fauci at its hearing Tuesday. Cassidy added the decision to reopen needs to be "data driven."

Asked about Trump's calls to "liberate" states, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, another member of the committee, said: "I think we need to follow the experts here."

Others later pushed back at Fauci. "I think he may not realize that in advocating for extreme closure of things, the punishment that's happening to our country, and we really need to get opening back up," Paul told CNN.

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What's with Doctor Fauci and his fancy pants science? - The GOP

[tanyev]

1. Sophist's choice.

[abqtommy]

2. "GOP split", now those are wonderful words...

[underpants]

4. GOP, Don't let the door knob hit ya where the good lord split ya

As I’ve heard said.

[underpants]

3. Wow Sen. Cassidy "more nuanced"?

I’ve heard things yelled from a car that are more nuanced than Trump’s nonsense.

[gratuitous]

5. Boy, that's a real dome scratcher

Do we take the word of a career epidemiologist, a man who's devoted his career to public health, or the guy who looked directly at a solar eclipse?

I'm stumped.

[babylonsister]

8. Ha! Mind boggling it is. nt

[napi21]

6. Why does it even matter what the GOP Senators think? T can't open or close any of the States

economies. Other than, I suppose, put pressure on the State Governors. I intend to make my own decision on when to go out & to where. I live in Ga. and our Governor is NUTS! First thing the idiot allowed to open was barber shops, hair salons, & massage parlors & bowling alleys. How smart is THAT? Now he's lifted the mandated closings to every business except for bars, night clubs. So far, I've gone out to 2 Dr.s appts. That's it. It was our 56th anniversary last Sat. My hubby was very thoughtful & made a crab leg dinner Sat. & prime rib on Sunday. My son's asked if we were going out to dinner & I told them that wait staff wearing masks takes a lot of the charm away.

It seems in many places, the citizens are thinking along the same lines. There's reports in many States where stores & restaurants have opened and there were so few customers, the owners said they weren't making enough to afford to pay the staff!

It won't make the economy any better, as DT wants. Sooner or later, he's going to have to accept that he can't run on the GREAT ECONOMY. He has nothing else, so he's gonna LOSE!!!!

[crickets]

9. Also from GA and you echo my thoughts exactly.

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They can talk about "opening up the economy" all they like, but sensible people -- and that's most of us -- are staying home. The businesses that try to open up and then find no custom to help pay the bills for being open are just going to go broke faster. People who aren't working have no extra money to spend anyway. It's sad.

[spanone]

7. Fuck them. Do they mean the respected Doctor or the well known Idiot?

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Trump won't accept anything less than 100% fealty.

[babylonsister]

10. That's all we need to know. They're cowards, the lot of them. nt

[Takket]

11. split? LOL yeah sure

in the end they will back whatever their God tells them to.

[Renew Deal]

12. Has Fauci been advocating shutting everything down?

He has views on social distancing, but he's not making decisions about what to open and close.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Is there really any Republican representative still capable of

rational, independent thought actually serving in congress?