Trump Encourages His Supporters To Defy Stay At Home Orders

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Trump was asked multiple times to tell his supporters to follow the stay at home restrictions in their states, but he refused to do so.
Trump was questioned about his supporters protesting stay at home orders, and he answered:
Well, they’ve been going through it a long time, Jon, and it’s been a tough process for people. You know, I told you, there’s death and there’s problems in staying at home, too. It’s not just isn’t it wonderful to stay at home. They’re having — they’re this country wasn’t built that on principle. It was built on an exact opposite principle actually. And I watched, in one particular state, where they were — they want to get back. They want to get back. There were very strict sanctions that were put on people, that was probably the most strict of all.

To read/see more:

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/04/16/trump-stay-at-home-orders.html

38% of voters consistently support Trump. If these 38% were confined to separate areas of the country, one might say that Darwinian selection would solve the problem, and the population of consistently deluded would diminish, but this 38% is all over the country.

[sop]

1. Every time I read a transcript of anything Trump says it's clear the man is a complete imbecile.

[guillaumeb]

4. It is only clear to those who are not contaminated with the Trump virus. eom

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Why don't those idiots just go out and lick doorknobs and be done with it?

If they don't think the virus is serious or real they should prove it by licking door handles at their local hospitals.

[guillaumeb]

5. The problem is that those idiots live among us.

And, those idiots vote regularly.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. That, of course, is the problem.

AFAIC those dim bulbs should just get the damn virus and deal with it, but unfortunately they can spread it to less stupid people, too.

[PubliusEnigma]

3. There is no doubt that Donald Trump is the Antichrist.

Is there anything he isn't antithetical to? Including life, itself?

[flying_wahini]

6. I went my grocery store For the first time in 3 weeks. Wore a mask and gloves.

I would say 80% of the people shopping in there had NO PROTECTIVE gear on.
A butcher stopped to thank me for wearing protection. Got verklempt.

Another man (wearing no protection) strutting down a main aisle sneered at me. I almost said something but thought I didn’t care about saving him as much as getting the hell out of there.

[guillaumeb]

8. I went to the store Monday and everyone that I saw was wearing a mask.

The Chicago area.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Same Area

I can't say everybody, though.
Maybe 2 out of three masked, but less gloved. Maybe 3 out of 8.
They are observing distance about everywhere I've been, though.
So, there's that.
Still seeing only about half the workers masked, but all wearing gloves.

[guillaumeb]

11. Many people prefer to think that they will not be affected.

I understand the psychology behind it, but I also understand the stupidity behind that behavior. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

[Green Line]

13. I went a couple of days ago, everyone had a mask. Boston area.

[Alacritous Crier]

14. That has been my experience so far as well...

out here in rural Eastern TN. All of these "macho" guys seem to think this is a joke. We'll see how they feel after we're in the 24th month of their family members dying.

[Takket]

20. I live outside Detroit and almost everyone here is masked

Where are you from?

[MissB]

28. Not sure what area you live in

But that’s just disturbing!

Good choice not to engage angry man. You don’t need his droplets of Covid anger anywhere near you.

[Baclava]

10. He owns it, the blood will be on his hands and his death cult followers

[guillaumeb]

15. Trump will blame the Governors.

It is his style.

[Baclava]

18. He wants a civil war, red states vs blue states, anything to takes voters focus off his incompetence

[Totally Tunsie]

12. Chump wants states to open up so that HE is free to roam.

Right now he can't get to Corona-Lago to play golf or get to all his redneck cities to hold his rallies. The sooner states "liberate", the sooner Chump can be out and about again.

Remember: It's ALWAYS all about Chump.

[guillaumeb]

16. Plus, Trump needs to blame others if anything happens.

That is the only reason he backed off from his assertion that he can reopen the states.

[Totally Tunsie]

17. Absolutely. He's always looking for a scapegoat.

No one is safe when it comes to throwing someone else under the bus.

[Hugin]

19. Sometimes, I wish willful ignorance wasn't such a slow acting poison.

It's not like me to think such things, but, lately it's entered my mind more often.

[guillaumeb]

21. Understood.

Trump is malicious as well as ignorant. A terrible combination.

[gratuitous]

22. "It's been a tough process for people"

Made worse by the conflicting statements spewed out by Needy Amin. Now he's basically telling people who listen to him that if they're tired of this process, they can just go back to how things were before. He's bored and tired, having exhausted his cranky four-year-old's reserve of patience, and he wants to go back to the days of golfing (which he doesn't have time for) and going to rallies where everyone cheers for him and tells him how great he is.

[guillaumeb]

23. Well said. And most importantly,

with things closed, Trump cannot make money by forcing people to stay at his hotels and golf courses.

With Trump, always follow the money.

[malaise]

24. Don the Criminally Negligent Con is now guilty of

Sedition

It is time to lock him up

[guillaumeb]

26. Mitch McConnell and all of the GOP caucus have that power.

But remember malaise that for the GOP, it is all about the Judges, power, and money.

[Windy City Charlie]

25. He figures

He figures if he doesn't have the authority to tell the states what to do, he'll just have the cultists do it themselves.

[guillaumeb]

27. And he will deny that he meant to encourage any violence.

Plausible deniability is key.

[UTUSN]

29. K&R

[leftyladyfrommo]

30. KCMO Walmart. Most people had masks.

Lots also wore gloves. And everyone was being very careful to keep a safe distance.

[guillaumeb]

31. All no doubt shopping or essential items. eom

[leftyladyfrommo]

32. Depends on how you define essential items.

I needed parmesan cheese because I can't cook but I can do spaghetti if I have cheese. I am getting tired of cereal and milk and hard boiked eggs.

Actually there weren't very many people in the store