And, then, nearly 400 new cases of COVID-19 were reported, and 20 people passed away.
Oops.
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Governor Tate Reeves, above, decided to pull back on his plans. Bear in mind Reeves is a Republican, and, from where we sit, a better representative of the party than President Trump, who is spending the weekend at Camp David, but can't resist the urge to go on another Twitter rampage.
Reeves is, of course, continuing to stress the safety guidelines (i.e. social distancing) Trump recommended, realizing that despite a state whose citizens are eager to return to work after an extended "working vacation" in some cases, or what amounts to cabin fever on a larger scale, the health and safety of those citizens remains priority one.
Watch. Trump will turn on Reeves in a Mar-a-Lago minute, because he can't stand it when someone in his own party turns out to be smarter than he is, making him feel even smaller.
It took a while, but the cracks are finally are starting to show. Orange Foolius gets more and more unhinged by the day, and some Republicans, including my state's governor Larry Hogan, are slowly but surely starting to inch away from him.
ReplyDeleteFTR, I'm sick of being inside too, and I think we can and should reopen the country soon, BUUUUT until we get a definitively and clinically proven cure or vaccine, safety protocols and testing have to be put in place, especially for the workers who cut your hair and prepare your food, otherwise things are just going to keep on spiking.
I don't have the exact numbers, but I think Texas is having the same problem.
ReplyDeleteAlso, President Pinocchio doesn't want Dr. Fauci talking to Congress. I wonder why.......
Donald Trump has always been His Own Worst Enemytm.
ReplyDeleteThis goes back to his younger days as a real-estate swindler/publicity addict/man-of-many-gals (he was one of the first to catch this gag line: "Where is the least safe place to stand? Anywhere between Donald Trump and a camera.").
Ever since Mr. Trump became #1, I've been telling anyone who'll listen (and quite a few who won't) that it will be the old-line Republicans who will force Donald Trump out - much as an earlier GOP generation did with Richard Nixon in 1974.
Of course, there's a difference:
Nixon was a politician by nature - he knew the rules.
When his own party said he had to go, he went.
Trump is not a politician - he knows no rules except his own.
No one remembers this, but in '92 and '96, Trump was a major financial supporter of both of Bill Clinton's Presidential campaigns.
Trump WAS NOT a Liberal Democrat then.
Trump IS NOT a Conservative Republican now.
His downfall is coming - but it's going to be uglier than anything we've ever seen in this country's history.
(And Covid-19 isn't going to be the half of it.)
At this rate, they may need to call in the guys in the white coats if Trump refuses to leave, assuming he fails to earn a 2nd term. I hear Bellevue may have a bed reserved for him......
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