The Donald Trump Score Card

I hope he doesn't send them to Lindsey Graham. Lindsey might ask him to go to dinner.

 

Coronavirus: Trump sets a trap for governors with reopening guidelines – then unleashes the hounds
John T Bennett
April 17, 2020, 12:23 PM EDT

Coronavirus: Trump sets a trap for governors with reopening guidelines – then unleashes the hounds

excerpt:

""For a president who was so gung-ho a week ago that he was the one who had the sole power to open up the economy and then flip so quickly to put the burden – but I believe the constitutionally correct burden – on the governors, suggests to me that once the lawyers convinced him he did not have that sole power, the political consultants then took over and figured out that he could turn his lemon into lemonade, politically speaking," said G. William Hoagland, a former aide to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican.

Democratic sources also see something of a set-up for governors in the White House's guidelines.

"They're using the only playbook they know: bombastic and sensational without regard for the veracity," one Democratic strategist said.

Brad Bannon, a Democratic political strategist, said "Trump excels at the blame game," and after first declaring on Monday that only he has the legal power to re-open the country, he has moved to a strategy based on shifting blame to governors, China and the world Health Organisation. "Donald Trump is doing everything he can to ensure his re-election, even if comes at the expense of the health and well being of millions of Americans.""

 

That reminds me: Did Kim Jung Un's vase of beautiful flowers ever arrive at the White House?

 

^^^^^^^ Just another couple "love letters" as Trump calls them. Don't know about flowers.

As to the whining fishermen in the Sierra - I'm also an outdoorsman, but I'm not risking my life or those of my sons to prove I'm a he-man, macho guy, and a "great fisherman." And I wouldn't put the other people in those towns at risk by my being there.

The thought process for these types must go like this, "So I'm taking a risk of my life and the lives of others. I'm not about to let my freedoms be taken away from me just over a risk of dying, or maybe killing others. I have a right to fish if I want to." WTF??? God-fearing "Christian" folks too, I'm betting. You know …………. love your neighbor. Treat others as you'd want to be treated.

Some of these so-called "Christian" people's actions don't line up with their proclaimed faith. Buuutt ……………………… they'll rationalize their way around caring for others' health & safety because of their chest-pounding "nobody's gonna take MY freedoms away." (even if it's a temporary thing for the public good)

Common sense??? Zero. Zip. I wonder if when the wildfires break out in the western mountains, those same people will defy orders to evacuate then too. "No damn government official is gonna tell me to leave!!"
Then for the sake of YOUR PERSONAL FREEDOM …………..STAY.

 

Operation Gridlock: Chaos as Michigan protest against social distancing blocks ambulance
'You are currently blocking ambulances, physicians and caregivers from making it to work ... You are the problem'
Oliver O'Connell
New York
April 16, 2020

Chaos as #OperationGridlock protest against social distancing blocks ambulance

excerpts:

"As conservative demonstrators brought Michigan’s capital to a standstill on Wednesday with ‘Operation Gridlock’, their planned drive-by protest caused ambulances to get stuck in traffic.

Downtown Lansing was clogged with the vehicles of protesters against Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lansing Police struggled to keep traffic flowing and hospital security tried to keep entrances clear for emergency vehicles."


"Michigan has one of the country’s fastest growing coronavirus infection rates. More than 1,921 residents have died, and confirmed cases currently stand at over 28,000, making the state the fourth hardest hit by the virus."

 

Looks like a satire article from The Onion.

 

Why Donald Trump needs to worry about his odds with Florida voters
By Michael Starr Hopkins, opinion contributor
04/17/20 07:00 PM EDT

Why Donald Trump needs to worry about his odds with Florida voters

excerpt:

"Instead of finding a way to get more tests, President Trump went to Florida and held fundraisers and met with rich donors, all while the virus began to spread around the country - killing Americans. Instead of taking actions like requesting Governor DeSantis shut down the beaches in Florida and limit social gatherings, President Trump went on television and compared the coronavirus to the flu and mocked doctors begging for supplies.

Republican governors and members of Congress followed Trump’s lead. Congressman Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on the floor of the House, just days before one of his own constituents died from the coronavirus. Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulveney boldly accused the media of “exaggerating” the dangers of coronavirus after receiving multiple White House briefings on its danger and being tested twice.

Not to be outdone by his friends in Washington, DeSantis removed the state’s Surgeon General from a cabinet coronavirus meeting after he stated that social distancing measures may need to continue until indefinitely. He followed that up by declaring the WWE (a company owned by Republican mega-donor Linda McMahon) an essential company. Desantis’ declaration will allow the WWE to hold events in Orlando, Florida, without violating the state's limits on gatherings. It’s no coincidence that Linda McMahon Super PAC will also be spending $18.5 million on Florida elections."

 

After that example we don’t need any more evidence to conclude unambiguously that a sizable number of the right wingers are insane. I lived in East Lansing many years ago, the students had just become eligible to vote, they made simple possession a $5 fine and the winds of peace and love were blowing thru the MSU campus. Seems like some Michiganders forgot those lessons

 

I still see the spirit of a girl

 

Picture at post 22346 - A visual proof of just how stupid some people are. Protesting against the very policy that's intended to keep them from getting the virus. (?????!!!!!)
I'd love to know how many of those "genius-types" are already corona-positive as they sit in their vehicles, or will get it, or some in their families will. I wonder how they'll feel as they, or a family members gasps for their last breaths???
They may finally discover that their "freedom" indeed comes with a VERY HIGH PRICE TAG.

 

Darwin will triumph in the end!

 

If you're talking about the Gallup poll, I think it was only 6 points: from 49% approve, 45% disapprove to 44% approve, 52% disapprove, among likely registered voters. Trump approval rating has sharpest drop in presidency, big gender gap in Gallup poll

 

Trump and Pompeo are fueling truther narratives of the coronavirus to deflect their own shortcomings and to blame China.



‘More and more we’re hearing the story’: Trump hints at knowledge of Wuhan laboratory coronavirus conspiracy theory
Conspiracy theory about virus being brewed in a lab has taken hold on the right
Andrew Naughtie
April 16, 2020

Trump hints at knowledge of Wuhan laboratory coronavirus conspiracy theory

excerpt:

"An interview on Fox News between Sean Hannity and secretary of state Mike Pompeo gave the theory oxygen – and it was Mr Pompeo who provided it.

“We know they have this lab,” the secretary said. “We know about the wet markets. We know that the virus itself did originate in Wuhan. So all those things come together.”

Besides Mr Pompeo, other government officials have acknowledged the conspiracy theory’s existence, though they have stopped short of fully endorsing it or accepting its probability.

Despite any lack of evidence substantiating the conspiracy theory, a recent survey found that 29 per cent of American adults believe the virus was lab-grown, while 23 per cent believe it was intentionally created as a bioweapon."

 

Trump's evidence for truther narratives that China released the virus from a lab: "More and more we’re hearing the story."

 

we best not piss off our biggest creditor

yeah, in a us lab.

 

Today they cause traffic jams that prevent ambulances (possibly carrying their own relatives) from accessing the hospitals to promote their right to go fishing during a deadly global pandemic that has killed 37,000 Americans in a few weeks and in a state like MI that is a hotspot for virus deaths.

 

"Many people are saying this..." ~ Donald J. Trump

 

I'll say it again - those are the voices in his head. He dreams up ideas that'll cast him in a good light, and deflect criticism to then blame others. Same M.O. - different day.

 

Most of them can't count to 21 without their zipper open.

 

Matt Gaetz again with another frat boy stunt.

He is the supposed law-and-order politician who participated in a protest against the House impeachment hearings by illegally storming into the hearings to try to stop a Pentagon official from testifying.



Days After Rep. Matt Gaetz Voted on COVID-19 Funding in a Gas Mask, the Virus Killed One of His Constituents and the Lawmaker Quarantined Himself
By Tara Law
Originally published: March 8, 2020 2:50 PM EDT
Updated: March 9, 2020 5:25 PM EDT

Days After Rep. Matt Gaetz Voted on COVID-19 Funding in a Gas Mask, the Virus Killed One of His Constituents and the Lawmaker Quarantined Himself

excerpt:

"Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, tweeted on Sunday, “Matt Gaetz mocked fear over the coronavirus. Now one of his constituents is dead. The family of the deceased has got to be wondering whether their representative will finally get serious about protecting them or continue the frat boy pranks.”"