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Tom Cotton wants full national shutdown
Breitbart ^ | 3/16/20 | Hannah Bleau

Posted on 03/16/2020 12:20:04 PM PDT by david1292

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Monday called for the United States to take more drastic measures to address the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, including a national “shutdown” that would only exclude “absolutely essential work” and stipends to affected workers to assist them in paying their bills as the pandemic continues to unfold across the globe.

“The time has come for extraordinary measures to combat the Chinese coronavirus. What seems extreme today will seem obvious tomorrow,” Cotton, an outspoken skeptic of the House’s relief package, said on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; coronavirus; tomcotton
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1 posted on 03/16/2020 12:20:04 PM PDT by david1292
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Typical ‘Rat hack.


2 posted on 03/16/2020 12:20:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: david1292

senator wussy needs to go home and grow a spine before he returns to washington


3 posted on 03/16/2020 12:21:44 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: david1292

Ridiculous moron.


4 posted on 03/16/2020 12:21:49 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: david1292

They’ve lost their fricking minds....ALL OF THEM!


5 posted on 03/16/2020 12:21:57 PM PDT by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: david1292

Here we go.

Clearly, it’s not the flu.


6 posted on 03/16/2020 12:22:34 PM PDT by chris37 (Happy Black Monday from Apocalypse 2020!)
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To: david1292

stipends won’t cover the bills. What is he talking about???


7 posted on 03/16/2020 12:23:36 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Hi! I'm Joe Biden and I forgot this message.)
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To: JoSixChip

I wonder what they are hearing in their classified briefings and why has none of that leaked yet?


8 posted on 03/16/2020 12:23:41 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: david1292

Trump should start scaling back. The over reaction is over done. To me, the case for this reaction has not been made


9 posted on 03/16/2020 12:23:50 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: david1292

but he’s a conservative?


10 posted on 03/16/2020 12:24:10 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JoSixChip
They’ve lost their fricking minds....ALL OF THEM!

We'll weather COVID-19 and destroy our economy.

11 posted on 03/16/2020 12:24:17 PM PDT by Fury
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To: BenLurkin

Tom Cotton is a Republican who is obviously positioning himself to run for president in 2024. He’s a buddy of Hugh Hewitt which automatically make me dislike him.


12 posted on 03/16/2020 12:25:23 PM PDT by Avalon Memories (Politics is all about quid pro quos. Donate to me! Vote for me! I'll give you "free" stuff.)
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To: david1292

real question..
how exactly do you determine what is essential in this situation?

Walmart workers ARE essential?
grocery and pharmacy workers ARE essential?
Truckers and gas stations ARE essential?
Farmers and farmhands, dairy workers?
Garbage collectors?
Pet Stores/ employees?


13 posted on 03/16/2020 12:25:36 PM PDT by uranium penguin
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Probably some Beltway political advisor probably told him to go out and calm the “hoi polloi” by bribing them with their own money!


14 posted on 03/16/2020 12:26:01 PM PDT by Reily
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To: david1292

Trump speaking now, wants no discretionary travel, no restaurant or bar visits, STAY HOME if sick (no wonder food marts are empty), older population need to be protected from non-thinking millennials.


15 posted on 03/16/2020 12:26:23 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Please tell the single mom who works as a waitress or a hair stylist that her job is non-essential and there’s no money coming in for 6 weeks.

Please tell the person who owns the building that the hair salon rents that there’s no money for rent.

Please tell the bank that loaned the money to buy the building there no money for mortgage.

These idiots who have never had to meet a payroll in their lives are destroying this country.


16 posted on 03/16/2020 12:26:53 PM PDT by HonorInPa
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After these statist asswipes manage to kick off a civil war, I'm headed to THEIR houses for more supplies.

I'm not saying there's not a virus on the loose and/or it's not serious, BUT WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THE ABSURDITY POINT !

I take care of an 87yo mother and this shit has her scared to death .. AND THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF !

17 posted on 03/16/2020 12:27:08 PM PDT by tomkat ( there's a LOT more to this than we're being told !)
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There are so many stupid ideas floating around out there from stupid politicians and stupid press personalities it’s hard to keep track of them.— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) March 16, 2020


18 posted on 03/16/2020 12:27:10 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: jospehm20

“I wonder what they are hearing in their classified briefings”

Pretty much what many of have spoke about in trying to explain what happened in China and is happening in Italy & the EU now. Coming attractions.


19 posted on 03/16/2020 12:27:12 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: david1292

Does this mean they’ll shut down the NBA?


20 posted on 03/16/2020 12:27:14 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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