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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Wed May 20, 2020, 04:42 PM May 2020

Michigan Attorney General Says Trump Must Wear Mask

Michigan Attorney General Says Trump Must Wear Mask

May 20, 2020 at 4:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/20/michigan-attorney-general-says-trump-must-wear-mask/

"SNIP.....

Michigan’s attorney general wrote that President Trump has a “legal responsibility” —  under state law  —  to wear a mask as a coronavirus precaution when he visits a Ford Motor Co. factory Thursday, CNBC reports.

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Michigan Attorney General Says Trump Must Wear Mask (Original Post) applegrove May 2020 OP
I hope they have him arrested when he refuses! BComplex May 2020 #1
GREAT picture of the A Team! colorado_ufo May 2020 #29
Aren't they awesome? BComplex May 2020 #56
Where? Amaryllis May 2020 #63
Katie Porter and Elizabeth Warren. BComplex May 2020 #73
The Secret Service won't let anyone get near him to arrest him. n/t Mr.Bill May 2020 #31
One of the injustices in our society. They shoot people that mind their own business, BComplex May 2020 #57
I doubt that will happen. I do think they'll bar him from the floor Warpy May 2020 #39
I think the Secret Service wouldn't allow that to happen, dware May 2020 #67
He still won't do it SoonerPride May 2020 #2
I agree with you, he won't MotorCityBeard May 2020 #36
MotorCityBeard, if you can think & write as above your MIND is in great shape, don't worry be happy KS Toronado May 2020 #60
Man, I WISH he'd hold his breath. Grokenstein May 2020 #62
He won't and his cult base in Michigan will LOVE him for it LiberalLovinLug May 2020 #66
Get 'em, Dana. roamer65 May 2020 #3
Loving her, and she's got her hands full. Bet she's relishing the chance to put it to him like this. JudyM May 2020 #45
Yes she is. roamer65 May 2020 #49
This might prove interesting! Siwsan May 2020 #4
Oh, my. I love her. LizBeth May 2020 #5
Hand him a ticket! world wide wally May 2020 #6
Don't want him to get a ticket! I want him bluestarone May 2020 #23
Or drop a net over the Grifting Orange Pustule and put him in a padded cell. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #55
Secret Service won't let anyone near enough to hand him that ticket. nt dware May 2020 #68
It doesn't matter to the dotard- he won't do it. RainCaster May 2020 #7
It would smear his makeup. Once a mask is on, he can't take it off until he can get to his tblue37 May 2020 #19
That's my guess, too. There will be tweets. Arkansas Granny May 2020 #26
Spray paint does not smear jmowreader May 2020 #61
Oh please, please, please have him arrested if he won't comply. Totally Tunsie May 2020 #8
You really think the Secret Service would allow that to happen? dware May 2020 #69
A girl can dream, can't she? Totally Tunsie May 2020 #72
Well, it is a wonderful dream, one that, I regret to say, dware May 2020 #74
This could get really interesting. nt Ilsa May 2020 #9
Original article: demmiblue May 2020 #10
All Dem-run states should insist on face coverings in public so trump can't visit any. JudyM May 2020 #47
Our Michigan women are wonderful. Srkdqltr May 2020 #11
I'm in the area he's coming to. roamer65 May 2020 #25
Book marking. CentralMass May 2020 #12
He wont do it and nothing will happen. if michigan pushes it he will cancel the visit Fullduplexxx May 2020 #13
That would be a plus. Fire and Brimstone follow him around. We don't need. Srkdqltr May 2020 #18
More likely, he'll cancel and tweettweetRAGETWEET. n/t forgotmylogin May 2020 #27
Why should we be surprised? He is nuts. pwb May 2020 #14
Nobody tells King Trump what to do. oasis May 2020 #15
mask pamdb May 2020 #16
Book him, Dana! Kid Berwyn May 2020 #17
LOL! Brilliant! applegrove May 2020 #20
Heh EarlG May 2020 #21
The Company could lock the doors until he wears a mask or leaves. katmondoo May 2020 #24
Wait wait...I thought Republicans were all about "States Rights"... CincyDem May 2020 #22
They're talking about red states only FakeNoose May 2020 #41
They are... reACTIONary May 2020 #42
Why not force the Ford plant to lock its doors / shut down, if the peeResident shows up w/o mask? erronis May 2020 #28
I agree that's the way to go don't give him the photo op Tribetime May 2020 #46
Have the state police there ready to prevent him from entering if there is no mask. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #30
You really think the State Police are going to go up against the Secret Service? nt dware May 2020 #70
"legal responsibility" HAHAHAHAHAHAAA progressoid May 2020 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar May 2020 #33
No police department would knowingly get into a shoot out with the Secret Service Massacure May 2020 #54
The police could put a wheel boot on Air Force One. n/t LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #64
He won't do it and He'll flaunt it JDC May 2020 #34
Here you go: George II May 2020 #35
If Ford allows him in they should be fined too. LiberalFighter May 2020 #37
How quaint and old-fashioned that the Michigan Attorney General Golden Raisin May 2020 #38
cue tweet storm in 5,4,3,2,1. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #40
He WON'T wear a mask because he can vapor2 May 2020 #43
And fuck Ford for inviting this amphibian turd maxrandb May 2020 #44
Now this: Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners chairman asks President Trump to cancel visit JudyM May 2020 #48
I predicted he would cancel Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #50
Correct me if I'm wrong... llmart May 2020 #51
The only thing that worries me about fighting him now is that Michigan needs... MiniMe May 2020 #52
I suggest a compromise. Have Dear Leader wear this instead. Buns_of_Fire May 2020 #53
He'll be coached up on how to make a dramatic Harker May 2020 #58
Oh, please let us get to see him in handcuffs. Jamastiene May 2020 #59
You won't see the Mango Menace in cuffs, dware May 2020 #71
Our AG is a strong Democratic woman and a lesbian. Let the abuse fly... catbyte May 2020 #65

BComplex

(8,036 posts)
57. One of the injustices in our society. They shoot people that mind their own business,
Thu May 21, 2020, 07:40 AM
May 2020

and let true law-breakers skate if they're privileged. How did we come to this?

Warpy

(111,245 posts)
39. I doubt that will happen. I do think they'll bar him from the floor
Wed May 20, 2020, 06:59 PM
May 2020

in order to protect their staff. He will, of course, make a huge stink about it.

Nobody gonna tell HIM what to do, no suh!

dware

(12,363 posts)
67. I think the Secret Service wouldn't allow that to happen,
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:38 PM
May 2020

and I can pretty much guarantee that no LEA will go up against the Secret Service.

MotorCityBeard

(201 posts)
36. I agree with you, he won't
Wed May 20, 2020, 06:32 PM
May 2020

He'll just hold his breath until he gets his way, or some such shit. Two dams down in mid Michigan today and he rage tweets about mailing out absentee ballot applications. Not a word about the dams.

I am running out of adjectives to describe the orange shit gibbon, his enablers and supporters.... vile, subhuman, depraved, repugnant, noxious.... I'm surrounded by them at work and feel I am losing my mind at times.

Grokenstein

(5,722 posts)
62. Man, I WISH he'd hold his breath.
Thu May 21, 2020, 02:04 PM
May 2020

Until he turns blue (under that makeup).
Until he passes out.
Until he croaks.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
66. He won't and his cult base in Michigan will LOVE him for it
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:34 PM
May 2020

Even more so in that he is rejecting the request of a Democratic appointed AG.

JudyM

(29,233 posts)
45. Loving her, and she's got her hands full. Bet she's relishing the chance to put it to him like this.
Wed May 20, 2020, 07:32 PM
May 2020

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
4. This might prove interesting!
Wed May 20, 2020, 04:46 PM
May 2020

I can't see him backing down - especially when a Woman from Michigan is the one giving the order.

tblue37

(65,334 posts)
19. It would smear his makeup. Once a mask is on, he can't take it off until he can get to his
Wed May 20, 2020, 05:02 PM
May 2020

private quarters for an extended period of time to repair his makeup.

My guess is he'll just call off the visit in a snit and tweet about how abused he is by them.

jmowreader

(50,554 posts)
61. Spray paint does not smear
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:42 AM
May 2020

Seriously though, it would not surprise me if they positioned a MUA in a men’s room in the plant lobby...after the tour he will just “need to go to the Little President’s Room” where someone will repair that cheap crap he wears before he steps outside.

FFS, the son of a bitch makes $3 million a year being president. Anyone but Trump would have the common decency to quit wearing dollar store-quality makeup on national television.

dware

(12,363 posts)
69. You really think the Secret Service would allow that to happen?
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:42 PM
May 2020

You really think any LEA is going to try and go against the Secret Service?

dware

(12,363 posts)
74. Well, it is a wonderful dream, one that, I regret to say,
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:23 AM
May 2020

won't happen.
Have yourself a great day and keep on dreaming the good dreams.

demmiblue

(36,841 posts)
10. Original article:
Wed May 20, 2020, 04:52 PM
May 2020
Trump has 'legal responsibility' to wear coronavirus mask during Ford factory visit, Michigan attorney general says

Michigan's attorney general said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has a "legal responsibility" — under state law — to wear a mask as a coronavirus precaution when he visits a Ford Motor Co. factory Thursday.

In an open letter to Trump, who so far has refused to wear a mask, Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote, "I ask that while you are on tour you respect the great efforts of the men and women at Ford – and across this state – by wearing a facial covering."

Ford, whose Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti is set to host Trump on Thursday, has a policy of requring masks there. The company said it has informed the White House about that policy.

But Ford also said Tuesday, "The White House has its own safety and testing policies in place and will make its own determination" about whether Trump and his party will wear masks during the visit.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/20/coronavirus-trump-required-to-wear-mask-for-ford-visit-michigan-ag-says.html

Srkdqltr

(6,271 posts)
11. Our Michigan women are wonderful.
Wed May 20, 2020, 04:53 PM
May 2020

Maybe he will not come. We really don't need him. Pestilence and Devastation follow him around. Michigan has had enough.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
25. I'm in the area he's coming to.
Wed May 20, 2020, 05:17 PM
May 2020

I don’t want the stupid fuck plugging up traffic.

Stay home Dotard. You’re NOT welcome here.

pwb

(11,261 posts)
14. Why should we be surprised? He is nuts.
Wed May 20, 2020, 04:53 PM
May 2020

He is a dumb ignorant privileged lump of shit headed for the most humiliating defeat of his life.

EarlG

(21,945 posts)
21. Heh
Wed May 20, 2020, 05:07 PM
May 2020

Obviously he won’t be arrested and nothing will happen to him if he doesn’t wear a mask. And I’m sure he wasn’t going to wear one anyway. But now he’ll make a point not to wear one, and try to use this to rile up his “I have the freedumb to not wear a mask!!!11” supporters.

Meanwhile the MAJORITY who support sensible guidelines and mask policies will see Trump proudly breaking the rules that everyone else has to follow and deliberately putting people in danger.

Please proceed, Donald.

CincyDem

(6,351 posts)
22. Wait wait...I thought Republicans were all about "States Rights"...
Wed May 20, 2020, 05:07 PM
May 2020


...isn't this a simple question of states rights. Michigan has the right to make and enforce any law that does not tread on federal rights specifically enumerated in the Constitution ? OK...freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom from unlawful search...I get it. But where does it say "freedom from mask".

This should be fun. Of course he'll go and, just like any bully, he'll stand there and sneer "make me".

What an asshat.

erronis

(15,241 posts)
28. Why not force the Ford plant to lock its doors / shut down, if the peeResident shows up w/o mask?
Wed May 20, 2020, 06:04 PM
May 2020

Michigan should have the right to force any company on its land to have an emergency lock-down.

Response to applegrove (Original post)

Massacure

(7,518 posts)
54. No police department would knowingly get into a shoot out with the Secret Service
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:00 AM
May 2020

If Michigan really wanted to push the issue they would just have the district attorney issue a citation after the fact. There is actually precedent for this, Ulyses S. Grant paid a fine for speeding with his horse drawn carriage as President, and Franklin pierce paid a fine when his horse trampled a woman.

If Trump wanted to start a shit show, he could ignore the citation and let Michigan issue a bench warrant. I imagine the Secret Service would not act on that until they received an order from a federal court though, and those court proceedings would probably be a can of worms.

Golden Raisin

(4,608 posts)
38. How quaint and old-fashioned that the Michigan Attorney General
Wed May 20, 2020, 06:54 PM
May 2020

thinks Trump or any other Congressional/Senatorial or garden-variety citizen Republicans give a flying rat's ass about laws, subpoenas, etc.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
51. Correct me if I'm wrong...
Wed May 20, 2020, 09:23 PM
May 2020

but didn't I just hear on my local (Michigan) news that a Ford plant that had just reopened on Monday had to shut down again because two employees tested positive?

I may have got some of that wrong since I was making dinner while trying to hear the TV in the other room.

Or maybe that's going to be the reason they shut the door when the Orange One comes a calling without a mask.

MiniMe

(21,714 posts)
52. The only thing that worries me about fighting him now is that Michigan needs...
Wed May 20, 2020, 11:00 PM
May 2020

disaster relief. tRump blows with the wind making his decisions. Of course, he sure isn't going to swing Michigan if he doesn't do disaster relief for them.

Harker

(14,012 posts)
58. He'll be coached up on how to make a dramatic
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:37 AM
May 2020

statement out of this. Taking it off on the podium... cracking a joke or asking, "who's with me?"

dware

(12,363 posts)
71. You won't see the Mango Menace in cuffs,
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:47 PM
May 2020

the Secret Service won't let any LEA put cuffs on him and no LEA would be stupid enough to go up against the Secret Service.

catbyte

(34,373 posts)
65. Our AG is a strong Democratic woman and a lesbian. Let the abuse fly...
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:15 PM
May 2020

That thing has insulted our Governor (strong Democratic woman), our Secretary of State (strong Democratic woman) so let's see him go for the trifecta. Bonus points if he insults the Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (also a strong Democratic woman)

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