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GOP Rift Grows Over Social Distancing
April 17, 2020 at 8:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/17/gop-rift-grows-over-social-distancing/
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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 viruss spread.
NBC News: Trump says some state orders are too tough.
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(130,156 posts)Stuart G
(38,365 posts)Repeat of the famous "hoax" statement..
..................... Trump is too stupid to know that he is stupid!......................................
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(9,779 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
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(57,073 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)This is your fault for following trump to the edge of the cliff. Now you want to push him back? Lemmings.