I will come out and say it. Trump his mudering the blue states.

[RandySF]

Flame away if you like. He's enjoying it.

[MyOwnPeace]

1. Huh?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. He wants people to die

He's a psychopath narcissitic authoritarian asshole as are many of his colleagues.

[catsudon]

40. of couse

and you can see young kids are flooding the beaches helping infect all coasts of usa...typical spoil 'alpha bros and sis"

[Maru Kitteh]

3. He's fucking fixated on how great Nebraska is for some reason.

That's like the third (?) time I've heard him go on about it. And Idaho. At least there's something nice to look at while you die from COVID in Idaho.

[dewsgirl]

4. Florida here, tons will die here under his plan. I would kill to live

in a blue state right now.

[flamingdem]

5. De Santis will go along with anything tRump says

Even with a huge elderly population in FL

[dewsgirl]

6. I know, exactly we are fucked here. Especially the elderly.

[maryellen99]

10. You think DeSantis will order Disney and Universal to reopen? Nt

[dewsgirl]

13. I don't know that he can, I would hope they would be smarter than that anyway.

[magicarpet]

36. Liability issues might stop trDumpie.

** Worker's compensation insurers may not appreciate paying health care bills for COVID - 19 deemed work related. The worker sues for the $275K ICU bill.

** Customers might hold service industries liable if a family goes to a restaurant the wait staff is sick and coughing - then the whole family comes down with COVID - 19 and grandma & grandpa both die three weeks later of pneumonia. The work place gets sued.

** A retail clerk calls in sick with a bad fever. The boss says you come in and work today or you are fired. She blacks out on the 1/2 drive into work and has a head on collision. The work place gets sued.

[dewsgirl]

39. Hmmm thank you for giving me a bit of hope.

[Cetacea]

9. The epicenter in Florida is the bluest county

And an expert said that Florida will likely follow New York. (the bluest, most dense counties )

[dewsgirl]

12. I think Orange County will be another hotspot, I'm unsure what

the politics of that county are.

[Cetacea]

17. Isn't that the Orlando area? Lots of Independants.

[dewsgirl]

18. Yes.

[Cetacea]

22. Denser counties will have it worse

Good luck. Stay safe!

[dewsgirl]

24. Good luck and stay safe.

[Blue_true]

25. Orange County is purple-blue. 40 years ago, it was blood red. nt

[Tbear]

7. May be all too true

Does anyone remember Gov Newsome in CA complaining that the test kits they received from the fed were all faulty in some way?

It makes me sad that we even consider this is possible.

[Maven]

8. The right has been engaged in a cold civil war against blue states and cities

They know that they cannot win democratically, so they have abandoned democracy. We are no longer the opposition to them, we are the enemy, and they don't recognize our right to share power or even to exist. Hence Merrick Garland, Trump and the GOP using ICE as a weapon against "sanctuary cities", using the tax code to penalize taxpayers in blue states, withholding disaster relief from PR and CA, threatening a federal government takeover of San Francisco (even though he has no authority to do so), etc. This is just the latest example and it does not surprise me one bit that Trump will try to weaponize this crisis against blue states and their inhabitants. The media has been all too willing to play along with the characterization of rural/conservative people as the "real" Americans and the resulting devaluation of liberals as citizens whose voices matter.

Trump will be gone eventually but there is likely no way to fix the divide because the GOP has no interest in fixing it. They want to eliminate us -- politically, or by other means -- period. Frankly, I don't think that the U.S. will continue to exist as one nation of 50 states for much longer.

[dewsgirl]

19. I would give anything to be in a blue state right now.

[PJMcK]

35. I'm from New York

It doesn't get any bluer than New York City.

You don't want to be there right now. As Mayor de Blasio has said, NYC is the epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States. It's the most densely populated city in the country, I think.

In fact, my wife and I have decamped to our mountain house for several weeks, at least. Unfortunately, it's located in a rural and red part of Pennsylvania!

[dewsgirl]

43. Well no not NYC, I just meant anywhere but Florida. It's about to get very bad here.

[PJMcK]

46. Stay safe, dewsgirl

If Trump tries to re-open the economy and send most people back to work, the explosion of cases will be massive.

[dewsgirl]

48. You stay safe too. I'm in Florida, I think we will be hit hard here.

[GulfCoast66]

11. It will be interesting to see how DeSantis handles this.

We are a very off state. Lots of bright blue and lots of bright red. Pretty well evenly divided.

We also have lots of old folks. I’m not thinking that next Friday he say ‘we’re all good, back to normal’.

Because he barely won vs a weak candidate.

The Villages and the other republican dominated retirement area are the only thing keeping republicans in power. They keep coming in faster than they die. If CV rages thru there it will change the politics in this state.

[dewsgirl]

20. I think there will be a lot of dark times ahead, especially here

in Florida.

[mshasta]

14. I agree with that statment

Florida and ICE got protection items like mask and gloves before any other states like NY, CA,

[magicarpet]

38. trDump made sure DeSantis got all the fed stockpiled...

....medical personal protective equipment and gear.

trDump scratches the backs of those who kiss his butt on his command.

He has no obligation to be president of all the people, just his lap dogs and yes men.

[matt819]

15. No flame from me

The deaths are a feature, not a bug.

Call me nuts, but he is genuinely evil and cruel. The sadism is who he is. The deaths are a symbol of his power. And if he can make people die in blue states and live in red states, what power that is. And if it doesn’t work out that way, he will say it does. Reality is what he says it is. Again, what is mire powerful than that?

[Midnight Writer]

16. I think the Red States will suffer most. He's handing out loaded guns to toddlers.

I'm confident my Blue Governor will go to any length to protect his citizens.

[Blue_true]

28. I totally agree. Red areas in every state will be plundered by this virus.

Blue states and blue cities will protect their citizens. If you look at every crisis for the last 30 years, red areas have always fared worse.

[Demonaut]

21. some, the red states will have it harder if response remains the same

[GoCubsGo]

41. Exactly right.

Like the state where I live: South Carolina. The governor is one of Trump's biggest bootlickers. He's doing very little to stop the spread of this virus, and when he does act, it's usually "close the barn door after the horses are out" sort of stuff. It's some of the mayors and city councils who are shutting things down, and these asshole governors wait two days before they declare anything. The only saving grace is that the population isn't as dense here. Not sure that is going to help much, though.

[Demonaut]

44. keep your wits about you and hang in

[GoCubsGo]

45. Thanks. I am.

I'm just shocked at how many people, who I thought knew better, aren't taking this so seriously. I suspect they're taking their cues from Gov. McMoron.

[tinrobot]

23. He'd like to, but we won't let him do it.

We'll make it through this. We're locking it down sooner and better than most. We won't let it happen on our watch.

Not so sure about the red states. They are in grave danger. I pray they also do the right thing.

[Drunken Irishman]

26. Lots of red states will suffer too.

[John Fante]

31. If red states don't shut themselves down immediately, they will suffer the most.

[Bluethroughu]

27. We keep our tax money, the Red states don't need it

They got the bible and boot straps.

[Mopar151]

29. The Gulf Coast

Is the comorbidity hot zone.

[John Fante]

30. Texas is going to be hit hard. They're woefully behind

in terms or stay-at-home ordinances.

[uponit7771]

32. K&R, at least the blue area voters

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. Ultimately the red states are likely to be hurt the worst.

The populations of the southern states tend to be older, poorer and in worse health than the rest of the US; most of those states have rejected Medicaid expansion, and many rural hospitals have closed. To make matters worse, they have more Trump supporters who are less likely to take the virus seriously.

[OnDoutside]

42. Well said. Logically, if your Dem Governor is leading the response, you have a better chance than a

Republican Governor who is just sending thoughts and prayers.

[Skidmore]

34. This virus doesn't know politics.

A heavier toll in blue states could be linked to the population density of more big cities. Red or rural states will be hit also but there is less density of population. The economic fallout cannot and shouldn't be assigned a team color. Suffering is human.

[Vogon_Glory]

37. He might wish to

But considering how many of his supporters are of a certain age and older or live in ruby-red districts in impoverished Appalachia, he’s as likely as not going to kill off a lot of the folks who voted for him.

It’s like trying to commit murder by pointing the pistol at your chest and then pulling the trigger.

[onenote]

47. The number of cases per capita are much higher in GA and LA than CA

California: 1700+ cases/32 deaths out of 39.5 million people
Georgia: 800 cases/26 deaths out of 10.5 million people
Louisiana: 1035 cases/34 deaths out of 4.7 million people.