More at the link.
So, while people are dropping dead all around the country, Trump, based on a lie he made up, will screw the USPS and everyone else in the country at the same time because, apparently, he doesn’t like one person who points out his lies and incompetence.
And because he wants to destroy confidence in voting by mail.
In case it’s not already clear, the GOP have absolutely ZERO intentions of having a normal election in 2020.
Good night, democracy.
He made damn sure to send his vote in by mail for Florida, though; didn’t he?
That reminds me. Has the state of New York’s tax department (whatever it’s called) made a determination that his filing a change of residence to Florida was not in good faith, as in fraudulent?
Yep; a week ago, I saw this coming:
Competence, knowledge, education, concern, compassion, doing the right thing…all of those are foreign languages to that orange clown.
Someone has to be responsible. He [CFSG] has already staked out the position that it’s not him.
Yeppers. Amazing how he thinks irresponsible[sup]2[/sup] actually means unaccountable[sup]2[/sup], isn’t it?
Fuck your whiny, weepy attitude. If this is what “democracy” gets us, we ought not mourn its passing.
Individual 1 says he, and not the governors, has the authority to reopen the economy. What ever happened to that old states’ rights drumbeat?
He’s being completely consistent with conservative hypocrisy. When it comes to guns, they want states’ rights. Drugs - that of course calls for federal enforcement.
What’s odd to me is that either of those positions would be fine from a pragmatic point of view, or at least possibly defensible. But my sense is that many conservatives feel compelled to declare themselves for states’ rights as an ideological position. And then, mumble, mumble, mumble when it turns out they don’t really mean it.
Democracy didn’t get us Donald Trump or George W. Bush.
What powers or authorities does the President have to even attempt this? Is he going to send in the troops? Order people arrested? Nationalize every business? Hold hostage the funding for all kinds of related or unrelated things?
The article predicts lawsuits if he does anything of the sort?
So my question: Does Trump have any powers that the states would need to resist?
In other words: Will it be necessary to take Trump to court? Or will it suffice for the states to simply ignore his blatherings?
What does that even mean -
“Open your store!”
“No. It isn’t safe. I don’t want to kill my employees and customers.”
“???” What’s the move here? Is he planning on forcing stores to open? And how? Tax the crap out of anyone who doesn’t re-open? That feels unRepublican.
“Open your store!”
“The city, county, and/or state will fine me.”
“Don’t worry, the federal government will pay those fines!” (is that the plan?)
It’s the virus’s timeline.
When it came to CLOSING the economy, he was all states rights blather because “There’s this little thing called the Constitution that I jerk off on every night” or something like that.
Even he can’t force states to reopen, he’ll try to pull some shit in order to effectively force them, like cutting the enhanced unemployment benefits and canceling the small business loan forgiveness for people and companies that don’t reopen, regardless of the dictates of their state.
I think he’s going to start trying to reopen before the end of the month, no matter what. He’s been dogwhistling to his supporters that the shutdown is a Democrat driven plot and he’s perched on the verge of doing something really stupid. Because he just appointed his National Council to Reopen the Economy.
It consists of
Jared
Ivanka
Larry Kudlow
Steve Mnuchin
Wilbur Ross
Robert Lighthizer
Mark Meadows
I wish this were a joke but it’s not.
He’s coked out of his mind right now.
Even by his standards, this press conference is noteworthy.
Yes, it did. Over fifty million people voted for W in 2000, over sixty million for CFSG in '16. That is nearly half the voters. The fact that a close election can be resolved by a procedural quirk does not make less “democratic”. If McCain had won by -10M votes in '08, or Rmoney had won by -5M votes in '12, i might be able to see your point. But these here were close elections, where about half the country was going to be unhappy with the result either way. Unless we come up with something better, this is as “democratic” as you can hope for.
This is a sign that we’re past the worst part of the crisis. When things were getting worse, Trump announced Pence was in charge, it was a state issue, and he had no responsibilities. Now that things are getting better, he wants to kick everyone else off the stage and take all the credit.
Typical Trump; he avoids the battle but he wants to be in the first car of the victory parade.
Well, it might be a sign that trump **THINKS **we’re past the worst part of the crisis, but the experts are saying no. Of course, they just want to get on TV and he knows more/better than they do. You are right, however, that if things ever do get better, he will take 110% of the credit.
No, it isn’t. Democracy is when everyone votes and the person who gets the most votes wins. It’s that simple.
Trump didn’t get the most votes in 2016. Bush didn’t get the most votes in 2000.
You’re a fucking slave.
CNN chyrons for the “briefing”: