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"You're gonna call your own shots," Trump tells governors about guidelines to reopen states
See BS 'News' ^ | 4/16/20 | Ed O'Keefe, Kathryn Watson

Posted on 04/17/2020 2:11:04 AM PDT by Libloather

President Trump's guidelines on reopening the country leaves much up to governors, states and businesses as they look to find ways to restart their economies amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a copy of a White House "Opening Up America Again" document obtained by CBS News. The plan is expected to put much of the onus on states to develop sufficient testing and contact tracing systems.

The 18-page document, which resembles a detailed PowerPoint presentation, lists basic "gating" criteria a state or region should reach before beginning to send people back to work and school. Mr. Trump relayed the guidelines on a Thursday afternoon call.

"You're gonna call your own shots," Mr. Trump told governors on the call, according to an audio recording obtained by CBS News. "I've gotten to know almost all of you. Most of you I've known and some very well beforehand. You're very capable people. I think in all cases very capable people. And you're gonna be calling your shots. We'll be standing right alongside of you. And we're gonna get our country open, and get it working and our people want to get working."

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: governor; guidelines; open; states
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Bad flu season. Y'all be careful out there.
1 posted on 04/17/2020 2:11:04 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Get them competing against each other to see who wants those tax dollars rolling back in


2 posted on 04/17/2020 2:15:02 AM PDT by Craftmore
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To: Craftmore

Cuomo knows how to get money....add 3700 deaths (cause assumed to be virus). I think the State gets $39,000 per death. Good ole NY and the famed Cuomo criminals.


3 posted on 04/17/2020 2:20:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather

L8r


4 posted on 04/17/2020 2:22:11 AM PDT by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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To: Craftmore

That is what I have been puzzling over. If the states are shutdown isn’t that going to make it difficult to rap...ehrhh I mean tax the citizenry?
Maybe money grows on trees in those other states. Not where I live.


5 posted on 04/17/2020 2:25:27 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Libloather

Hope yinz all memorized all of the state capitals in grade school so you can keep track of which ones are being burned down.


6 posted on 04/17/2020 2:35:03 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Libloather

Forcibly remove from office any Governor that refuses to comply . Enough games already


7 posted on 04/17/2020 2:35:57 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Libloather

IMHO well played!

Get some of the a-holes complaining that Orange Man doesn’t have the authority - clearly state he does THEN ...

okay Guv’s - you want to control it - have at it, here are the rules and Orange Man will support you.

Now wait for them to complain that Orange Man should have done it on his own ...

Next MAGA Video for the Press Conference!


8 posted on 04/17/2020 2:50:12 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Libloather

Trump: Give them enough rope, they will hang themselves.


9 posted on 04/17/2020 2:54:20 AM PDT by cranked
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"Forcibly remove from office any Governor that refuses to comply . Enough games already"

After years of unrelenting assault at the hands of the American Pravda (corrupt media) and Soviet Commissars (corrupt elitists) Trump knows he must outsmart the swamp creatures. By tossing the ball into their court responsibility falls onto them, meaning angry Americans will hold them responsible despite attempts by Pravda to turn the ball back into Trump's court. In short, Trump is giving them the rope to hang themselves.

10 posted on 04/17/2020 2:56:37 AM PDT by spirited irish
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Swedish alternative has not been far worse than other countries, they only suggested social distancing and left their economy running by and large. They may have seen a few extra cases and deaths but who’s to say those wouldn’t have come along a bit later anyway? It’s mainly about avoiding a total collapse of the health care system.

I’m surprised more public officials don’t routinely mention the benefits of diet and vitamin regimes, while not being a guarantee of immunity, they change the odds in your favor.

Pretty sure that the breaking point will be around May 1st, a second month without an adequate cash flow is going to turn nightmare to disaster for many. More and more people will start asking, is this really worth it?

Hopefully some states (and sports) will lead the way, results will not appear too catastrophic, and the panic will ease gradually then fade out over the summer.

A lot depends on how natural in cause this actually was and is, since an engineered virus could more likely have a second wave planned.


11 posted on 04/17/2020 2:56:48 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Pray for health, economic recovery, and justice.)
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To: Sacajaweau

I thought it was $39,000 for every coronavirus patient connected to a ventilator. But then again I could be wrong.


12 posted on 04/17/2020 3:02:46 AM PDT by TheConservativeBanker
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To: Honest Nigerian
That is what I have been puzzling over. If the states are shutdown isn’t that going to make it difficult to rap...ehrhh I mean tax the citizenry? Maybe money grows on trees in those other states. Not where I live.

Yes, they need to rap...err....tax us slaves.

But there are more important things on the burner right now for the globalists:

1. Stealing the fall elections by preventing in-person voting and advocating 100% mail-in and electronic voting

2. Using the "crisis" to push the world into the abyss with Bill Gates' program to micro-chip the entire planet

13 posted on 04/17/2020 3:04:29 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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Quite frankly, I have sent numerous notes to Trump suggesting that he leave the decisions closest to the crisis, State and County officials. DC bureaucrats should not be micromanaging every county in the country. Furthermore, this will distance him from the media and dems slamming him.


14 posted on 04/17/2020 3:13:22 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Libloather

Oh we are so screwed here in California. Gov Grabbin Nuisance wants to change our voting into mail-in only and then use this virus to cancel capitalism here because of gloBULL warming.

Trust me, that’s their plan. They’re liberals... And they’re insane.


15 posted on 04/17/2020 3:25:33 AM PDT by Bullish (Covfefe Happens)
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Hopefully some states (and sports) will lead the way, results will not appear too catastrophic, and the panic will ease gradually then fade out over the summer.

Scalpers will have a heyday!!

16 posted on 04/17/2020 3:28:26 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: TheConservativeBanker

I believe you’re right.


17 posted on 04/17/2020 3:28:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Peter ODonnell

Poverty and destitution kills people too. Every time it rears its hideous head.


18 posted on 04/17/2020 3:32:10 AM PDT by Bullish (Covfefe Happens)
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To: Bullish

Ah, but who’s on the hook for those deaths now ?


19 posted on 04/17/2020 3:36:10 AM PDT by onona
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To: An.American.Expatriate
Yep - telling him he has done his part - which included a lot that they should have been on top of, but hosed - and it's time for them to show their voters why they deserve the positions...

If Cuomo fails, he and his brother can start their own circus act..."The Crying Cuomos"...

20 posted on 04/17/2020 3:57:01 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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