Trump declares a 'national emergency' to combat coronavirus

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN

(CNN)President Donald Trump said Friday he was declaring a national emergency -- "two very big words" -- to free up federal resources to combat coronavirus. Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said the action would "unleash the full power of the federal government."

Trump is under pressure to take more decisive action as the virus begins altering everyday life for nearly every American.
On Thursday, CNN reported that Trump had decided to make the declaration but that it was still undergoing legal review at the White House.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, spoke to Vice President Mike Pence Thursday and requested the Trump administration declare an emergency to provide vital assistance to states such as Washington on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, a Washington state official told CNN. The official told CNN they are "hopeful that (Friday's) announcement will provide the kinds of assistance that the governor requested."

White House aides have been weighing the move for the past several days as a way to provide more resources for combating the coronavirus outbreak. Trump is also debating whether to support a legislative package to combat the outbreak negotiated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and his Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/politics/donald-trump-emergency/index.html

[uppityperson]

1. About damn time. Too little, too late.

But about damn time.

[sprinkleeninow]

6. As a practicing Christian, it troubles my soul to finally say out loud:

Vile workers of egregious, self-serving iniquities.

These actions displayed right now are traits of the Evil One, the devil, the hater of Mankind/Womankind and of all things GOOD created by the Eternal One, the Lover of Womankind/Mankind.


Disciples of the devil continue work today with filthy self-serving schemes as is so glaringly evident. It is written in Holy Scripture.

[NBachers]

18. I see it in these terms, on this scale. Thanks for putting this here. Beyond evil

[redstatebluegirl]

2. I wish Governor Inslee was in charge instead of the orange blob.

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Well, Inslee and Newsome basically are in charge

They're telling Trump via Pence what he needs to do based on their current experience.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Food, Baby, Food!

Alls I wants to know is whens the foods gonna bees available.

With many things shut down, Walmart will be a grope and grab on weekends. They need to ration time/access in some way. Hell I'd goo at 2am if it were sane.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Are you kidding? The doomsday preppers were out in full force

today where I am.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. My sister texted pics she found showing the Costco nearby in Montgomery County

where people were cleaning it out today and it was taking 1.5 hours to get to a cashier due to the long lines.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. At local Aldi's they went through

4 PALLETS of toilet paper in about 5 hours!

[Lonestarblue]

16. Same here in Austin.

Two possible cases (first ones) were announced this morning, after which schools in Austin Independent School System, Austin Community College, St. Edwards University, and UT-Austin were closed. Spring break is next week, so that was already anticipated, but most schools are now closed until March 30. I’m glad city officials are responding quickly, but people were stocking up for a siege lasting months—bottled water (there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the Austin water supply), toilet paper and paper towels when available (I think most stores sold out quickly), and enough food in every cart to feed an army. One woman in line near me had six enormous cartons of eggs with I think 36 eggs per carton.

My stocking up consisted of four bottles of wine, raspberries, salad makings, and fish. I’m sure the alcohol will help ward off any germs!

[bucolic_frolic]

10. I went last Sat and yesterday

I could prob survive 2 months if a couple 3 day fasts and bowl of brown rice 4-7 days. Bonus if I lose a few pounds. But I get hungry and eat all the goodies up front. It's hard to save the donuts in the freezer.

[SergeStorms]

17. I went grocery shopping at 2:00 a.m. this morning.....

and apparently I wasn't the only one who thought that would help. There were many more people there than I expected, but only two checkouts were open, so the wait time was about normal for daytime shopping. I guess some people are altering their behavior re. shopping etc. but it's still a shit-show out there.

[flibbitygiblets]

7. Way to rise to the occasion, Donnie Dorko.

About friggin time

[maddogesq]

14. I hope I don't hear Dr. Fauci say something like...

“I have had this gig since Reagan, yet I can no longer work under someone who is as dumb as a box of enemas.”

[djacq]

9. Talk About A Day Late, A Dollar Short.

[TomCADem]

11. He Opened By Talking About Closing the U.S./Europe Border

Perhaps Trump's 2020 campaign will be built around building a wall on that border.

[0rganism]

13. damn! if only there were some sort of natural barrier that we could leverage to help with that...

and hell, we might need a similar wall on the bigly Asian border too -- better start planning now!

[maddogesq]

15. In his defense...

Sarah could see Russia from her house
Just sayin’...😀

[rickyhall]

19. In the next really long nine months The Beast can do a lot more damage out of shear spite.