Trump and protesters pressure governors to start reopening the states (April 2020)

[TomCADem]

This is not just confined to Florida and Texas. Trump, and therefore the Republican base, have been demanding a quick reopening and have embarked on a campaign of attacking health professionals to try to create pressure to spark the economy just to save Trump's campaign.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/18/trump-and-protesters-pressure-governors-to-start-reopening-the-states.html

Stores in Texas can soon begin selling merchandise with curbside service, and hospitals can resume nonessential surgeries. In Florida, people are returning to a few beaches and parks. And protesters are clamoring for more.

Governors eager to rescue their economies and feeling heat from President Donald Trump are moving to ease restrictions meant to control the spread of the coronavirus, even as new hot spots emerge and experts warn that moving too fast could prove disastrous.

Adding to the pressure are protests against stay-at-home orders organized by small-government groups and Trump supporters. They staged demonstrations Saturday in several cities after the president urged them to “liberate” three states led by Democratic governors.

Protests happened in Republican-led states, too, including at the Texas Capitol and in front of the Indiana governor’s home. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott already said that restrictions will begin easing next week. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb — who signed an agreement with six other Midwestern states to coordinate reopening — said he would extend his stay-at-home order until May 1.

[brush]

1. Yes. We remember. The repugs can't deny they are the cause of...

these current spikes in infection that have surpassed the highest counts in April.

Their poor leadership and mismanagement is just dragging the nation into an even deeper and prolonged depression.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Yup,and the Russian Bot Network

went into Hyper Drive.