Egging on social-distancing protesters is another 'bone spurs' moment for Donald Trump

[TexasTowelie]

If Donald Trump wants states to relax social distancing restrictions why doesn’t he lead the way?

Get out there with the protesters.

I mean, if he believes there is no danger, why not?

Although, I’m not sure the protesters even believe it. In Phoenix on Sunday just about all of those who drove down to the State Capitol to urge a reopening of the state did so from within the safe confines of their vehicles.

Earlier last week Trump seemed almost conciliatory toward the nation’s governors, suggesting that he was okay with individual state’s determining on their own timetables when to lessen stay-at-home orders and other constraints.

That changed on Friday, however, when the president decided suddenly to encourage the right-wing protests aimed at pressuring governors to ease the social distancing orders by tweeting “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA!”

Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2020/04/19/goading-protesters-trumps-bone-spurs-moment/5162822002/

[danny1955]

1. danny1955

Worst. President. Ever.

[Tanuki]

3. Hi Danny. Welcome to DU!

[safeinOhio]

2. Do you feel safer

than you did 4 years ago?

[Blues Heron]

4. from todays WaPo front page

I'm not sure why anyone would think these were "seemingly organic" protests - how credulous are these WaPo reporters? At least they dug a little into the story though. Personally I think the organizers are the ones wearing n95 or better masks duh.


"Three far-right provocateurs are behind some of the largest Facebook groups calling for anti-quarantine demonstrations, offering the latest evidence that some seemingly organic protests are engineered by a network of conservative activists."