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Sugarcoated

(7,724 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:22 PM Oct 2020

Trump threatens to withhold funds from PA

Trump Threatens Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf: I’ll Withhold Federal Aid Because You Didn’t Help My Campaign

President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday, threatening to not come to the state’s aid as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague it. “So Tom Wolf, next time give us a little notice, governor,” Trump said Monday at the Allentown rally appearance, claiming “your governor made it almost impossible for us to find any site” for the event. “And I’ll remember it, Tom. I’m going to remember it, Tom. ‘Hello, Mr. President, this is Gov. Wolf, I need help, I need help.’ You know what? These people are bad.”

Trump also falsely claimed the governor has “the whole commonwealth” shut down and continued spreading his baseless conspiracy theory that restrictions would be lifted on the day after the election, because he believes the moves are being used to hurt his re-election effort. Wolf has aggressively fought in court to keep outdoor crowd limits to 250 people as community spread of the coronavirus has picked up throughout the late summer and fall. New case numbers are beginning to rival April’s early peaks of the outbreak in Pennsylvania.

Trump has made a point of baselessly attacking Democratic governors of swing states during the pandemic. Wolf and the governors of California, Michigan, New York, and North Carolina have been his frequent targets. Trump has repeatedly called on the states to toss aside all restrictions, even though they have been eased since the earliest days of the pandemic.



https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threatens-pennsylvania-gov-tom-wolf-he-wont-help-covid-hit-state-because-he-didnt-help-his-campaign
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Trump threatens to withhold funds from PA (Original Post) Sugarcoated Oct 2020 OP
Well, that is telling voters what you think of them. Boogiemack Oct 2020 #1
Well imagine that he actually had to GO to Erie underpants Oct 2020 #5
Considering that he's one of the primary reasons that the Covid 19 epidemic is all due to his... SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #7
Bullying Behavior. idziak4ever1234 Oct 2020 #2
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Oct 2020 #3
As a witness at the impeachment predicted: " I'm gonna neck you to do something for me tho" robbedvoter Oct 2020 #4
Oh I get it: Trump's last-minute appeal to Pennsylvania voters. Mike 03 Oct 2020 #6
He has MFM008 Oct 2020 #8

underpants

(182,811 posts)
5. Well imagine that he actually had to GO to Erie
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:43 PM
Oct 2020

I mean 🤢

"Before the plague came in, I had it made. I wasn't coming to Erie. I mean, I have to be honest, there's no way I was coming," Trump said. "I didn't have to. I would've called you and said, 'Hey, Erie. You know, if you have a chance, get out and vote.' We had this thing won."

SWBTATTReg

(22,129 posts)
7. Considering that he's one of the primary reasons that the Covid 19 epidemic is all due to his...
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:50 PM
Oct 2020

incompetence and no one else's, he shouldn't be saying a damn thing. Ignorant a**. Who cares what this POS PINO thinks. He's going to be thrown out of office w/ one of the biggest landslides (I hope) in recent times. Now that we all see what this POS is really like, and just how 'competent' (I laugh when this word is used in conjunction w/ trump's name) he is. A joke. He's a big joke.

robbedvoter

(28,290 posts)
4. As a witness at the impeachment predicted: " I'm gonna neck you to do something for me tho"
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:38 PM
Oct 2020

The only surprise here is the timing.

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