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I’m sure more than just Republicans want the economy to get back on track. enough of following Fauci & the FakeNewsMSM:
10 Apr: Washington Examiner: Republican pressure on Trump to reopen the economy grows
by David M. Drucker
“Yes, the virus is going to continue to exist. But we have to get our economy going,” Rep. Chip Roy told the Washington Examiner on Thursday. The Texas Republican, an early proponent of limiting the economic shutdown, estimates based on conversations with business owners that “we probably have two or three weeks at most” to begin transitioning back to normal if the country is to have any chance for quick rebound.
On Thursday, the Republican-friendly group Committee to Unleash Prosperity held a private conference call with GOP insiders to advocate that policymakers start giving the economic challenges posed by the coronavirus the same level of attention as health concerns. The call was led by conservative economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore, who is a Washington Examiner columnist, plus Republican businessman and donor John Catsimatidis and one-time GOP presidential candidate Steve Forbes, according to a copy of the invitation.
“People want the economy to reopen soon. That’s the bottom line,” said a Republican executive who joined the conference call. Trump has heard directly from many who share this view. This week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trump’s chief economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, floated the possibility of reopening the economy in May, with the White House announcing the creation of a working group that will focus exclusively on that task.
On the advice of Anthony Fauci and other government medical advisers, Trump has encouraged the public to practice aggressive social distancing through the end of April to reduce coronavirus infections...
Staggering layoffs across most industries have ensued, with about 17 million people filing for unemployment insurance over the past three weeks. Millions more are expected to join them...
But as the downturn worsens, threatening to close thousands of businesses permanently regardless of government action, some Republicans are questioning whether the “cure” for the pandemic is “worse than the disease.” After Vice President Mike Pence said earlier this week that statistics show the rate of COVID-19 diagnoses stabilizing, an assessment shared by Deborah Birx, Republican demands for the Trump administration to rethink its strategy are growing louder.
“The economic damage far exceeds the healthcare benefits of the current virus containment strategy. There are sectors of the economy that are just being devastated,” said Peter Leidel, a Republican donor and energy executive who has been making this case to every GOP lawmaker with whom he has a relationship. “Many businesses will never reopen despite all of the money coming from the CARES Act.”...
But influential conservative media figures, some who have Trump’s ear, are skeptical that the measures his administration has taken to arrest the pandemic are necessary. Some, like talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, have expressed this view from the beginning. Others are questioning White House policy after the most dire models for predicted coronavirus infections, and deaths, failed to pan out...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republican-pressure-on-trump-to-reopen-the-economy-grows