Posted on 10/25/2020 2:52:57 PM PDT by John Semmens
There is a scene in many gangster movies where a mobster threatens an honest citizen in order to extract a payment. This week in an interview with Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich) threatened her state's voters, saying "If you're tired of lockdowns, or you're tired of wearing masks, or you wish you were in church this morning or watching college football or your kids were getting in-person instruction, it is time for change in this country, and that's why we've got to elect Joe Biden."
"I know some people will consider my proposition unpleasant and harsh, but in these perilous times the country needs strong leadership," Whitmer explained. "The argument against Biden is that his policies will wreck the economy, raise everyone's taxes, and reduce freedom. They think that by reelecting Trump they will avoid these risks. Well, whether Trump or Biden wins I'll still be here for at least another two years. I can make the lives of people in this state inconvenient, irritating, expensive, and miserable no matter who wins. The deal I'm offering is to go easier on everyone if voters do as I ask and elect Biden as president. So, the question each person needs to ask himself is whether he wants me to really unleash my nasty or whether he's learned enough about how bad I can be over the last seven months that he knows it's better to do what I want him to do."
Todd praised Whitmer's "courageous leadership. Most politicians try to sweet talk the voters, but you tell it like it is. Giving the people the discipline they need rather than giving them what they want takes guts. Trump preaches the anarchy of letting individuals have the freedom to choose how they want to live. You and many other Democrats are showing the people that obedience to the directives issued by government will lead to a more healthy and socially just way of life."
In related news, a Stanford University report: The Cost of Bidenomics found that Biden's tax, health-care, energy and regulation proposals would lower median household income by $6,500 a year by 2030. The Biden campaign called this "a reasonable price to pay for the superior public benefits of the kind a more centrally planned and directed economy and society that a Biden Administration will provide. The added $6,500 that would remain in private hands if Trump's policies are allowed to continue beyond this election would most likely be wasted on frivolous personal spending."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=417963.0
According to Joe Biden at the 2nd debate, you need to wear masks now in order to stop COVID-19 but if you had not elected Trump in 2016, you would not need to be wearing masks right now.
Huh?
The only way that works is that if Trump were not there pushing back on China then China would not have deliberately unleashed the virus on the world.
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