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babylonsister

(171,075 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:18 AM Apr 2020

GOP Rift Grows Over Social Distancing

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/17/gop-rift-grows-over-social-distancing/

GOP Rift Grows Over Social Distancing
April 17, 2020 at 8:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard


“A growing number of Republican lawmakers across the country are pushing for a more rapid reboot of the American economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that the risk of spreading more sickness — and even death — is outweighed by the broader economic damage that widespread stay-at-home orders have wrought,” the Washington Post reports.

“They are taking cues from and breathing energy into a grass-roots conservative movement of resistance against government-ordered quarantine measures — one that President Trump appeared to back in several tweets Friday — but are facing defiance within their own party from Republican congressional leaders, governors and fellow lawmakers who warn that a rash reopening could reinvigorate the virus’s spread.”

NBC News: Trump says some state orders are “too tough.”
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jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
2. "Grass-roots movement," my ass
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:22 AM
Apr 2020

This "movement" is straight from the addled tweets of Caligula J. Twaddlefuck himself.

mopinko

(70,148 posts)
12. i assumed he was behind it, i just didnt know if he was still writing checks.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:56 AM
Apr 2020

hopin he follows his brother soon.

mopinko

(70,148 posts)
6. if only there werent so many dems in red states.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:38 AM
Apr 2020

mr darwin will be stepping up to the plate, whether we like it or not.
i just keep telling myself- the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance. the plague was followed the renaissance.

PSPS

(13,603 posts)
7. Trump's army of nazis and white supremacists have been calling for spreading mass infection
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:40 AM
Apr 2020

There were stories about this a couple of weeks ago:

Right-Wing Extremists Seeking To Infect Cops, Jews With Coronavirus, FBI Says
https://www.ibtimes.com/right-wing-extremists-seeking-infect-cops-jews-coronavirus-fbi-says-2944943

Trump Fansite The Federalist Hits New Low: Telling People to Get Infected With Coronavirus
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fansite-the-federalist-hits-new-low-telling-people-to-get-infected-with-coronavirus

CanonRay

(14,106 posts)
13. This is NOT a "grass roots conservative movement"
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 10:00 AM
Apr 2020

This is a Betsy Devos paid for corporate shill movement.

DFW

(54,415 posts)
16. The former tea baggers are now body baggers
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 10:42 AM
Apr 2020

I say, let them hold megarallies organized by the God Squad in every stadium they can find. Once they are inside, quarantine their asses for a month, and let their ranks thin out they way both God and Darwin wanted them to.

dlk

(11,572 posts)
18. Republicans only care about government as a vehicle to transfer wealth into their own pockets
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:19 PM
Apr 2020

Any governmental action that would promote public safety and save lives is an anathema to their propaganda that “ government is the problem.”

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