Posted on 12/26/2020 9:59:42 AM PST by cutty
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., lambasted governors for locking down their states during the coronavirus pandemic.
"You know, nobody ever intended that governors would be sort of czars or dictators in charge of the economy
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Governors around the country have imposed restrictions to varying degrees during the pandemic. In Paul's home state, Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear has implemented a mask mandate, limited private gathering sizes, and set minimal capacity for indoor small businesses such as gyms
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New York Democrat Gov. Mario Cuomo ordered restaurants to again stop indoor dining in mid-December.
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday a stay-at-home order for Southern California likely will be extended into the new year.
States such as New York and California are seeing people flee to states with more relaxed pandemic rules. Preliminary Census Bureau data showed more than 126,000 people left New York state between July 2019 and July 2020, the biggest population drop of any state.
Rand criticized governors locking down their states, which received money from the federal government's various stimulus packages.
"The only thing that will get [New York City Mayor Bill] de Blasio and Cuomo to finally open up is when they run out of other people’s money," Paul said. "So I think that we shouldn't be passing out any money to the states, we shouldn't be rewarding their bad behavior.
And really, this has probably been the worst time in the history of our country for power being accumulated into the hands of very few people."
The pandemic has had significant impact on more than three-quarters of the nation's small businesses
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Governors in some states also have placed restrictions on capacity for houses of worship. Indoor religious gatherings have been banned in California.
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Dictatorial tyrants.
Yep. Czars & Czarinas. It sounds gamey, like Dungeons & Dragons.
Yea no fooking shit Rand, you just get up out of bed? No controlling legal authority, just like the Fed Gov, you all suck.
No argument her in Ohio. Heck, DeWhine’s (yeah, I spelled it like that) own party is trying to impeach him.
They are in control mode with a Pharaoh-like spirit.
Patriots need to work with their state lawmakers to amend state constitutions to not only require that state health officials who can recommend quarantines be elected, but also to trigger automatic recall elections for governors, mayors, and health officials that order time-limited by law quarantines.
And they will never admit that none of their rules have had any quantifiable effect.
And the Sheeple are letting them
The powers of the Governors was left up to the States to decide via the 10th Amendment and subject to those enumerated powers retained by the Federal government.
Are some governors exceeding their authority? Probably.
The problem is that people like czars when they are really scared. So the best way to fight them is to convince the man on the street that the prevention has been far worse than the disease and that there are better ways to protect the vulnerable. Defeat the crummy data, and you’ll defeat the czars.
The problem is that people like czars when they are really scared. So the best way to fight them is to convince the man on the street that the prevention has been far worse than the disease and that there are better ways to protect the vulnerable. Defeat the crummy data, and you’ll defeat the czars.
are. To the point where they are now out of control and we need to put an end to their tyranny....
Impeachment is in store for dictator Andy Beshear of KY. If the Republicans in the legislature have the courage. I’m not holding my breath.
So he’s one of the only voices willing to speak out and you have to snark on him.
Interesting how DemonRat run states are the ones in trouble; don’t hear a thing about Republican run states.
Yea, yea I do.
Crazy must be a new way to spell treasonous.
I’ll settle for stupid
Illiterate might work too since it’s clear they don’t know how to read the simple English in the constitution.
If Rand runs again in 2024, he may be my pony in the race. He has a spine of steel like Trump.
Yep. The emergency powers laws have to be changed drastically.
The idea that any two bit politician can give himself unlimited powers simply by declaring an emergency is absurd.
At a minimum there needs to be legislative approval after one week.
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