Posted on 04/04/2020 3:55:04 PM PDT by jazusamo
Video at link, end of article.
Every day, the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefs the nation on the Wuhan coronavirus, the federal government's response to the virus and the next steps that we, as a nation, must take. It seems like one continual question comes up: why doesn't President Donald Trump issue a national stay-at-home order, otherwise referred to as a national lockdown?
The president addressed that very issue during Saturday's briefing.
"Mr. President, you said you want to see as few lives lost as possible in the pandemic, but there are still eight governors, all Republicans, who have refused to issue these statewide stay-at-home orders," CNN's Jeremy Diamond asked. "Your own experts, including Dr. Fauci, have said stay-at-home orders are the most effective way to stop the spread of this virus, so why not do everything possible right now to do that?"
"We have a thing called the Constitution, which I cherish, number one. Number two, those governors, I know every one of them, they're doing a great job. They're being very, very successful with what they're doing," Trump replied. "And, as you know, I want governors to be running things. In some cases, we'll supersede."
President Trump really finds himself in a catch-22 situation. If he announced a national lockdown, people would freak out, saying he's taking away states' rights and abusing his power. Because he's not implementing this stay-at-home order, he's being accused of "not doing enough." Whatever decision he makes or doesn't make, someone would light him up.
We should be encouraging the federal government to support states to make the best decisions for its residents. It doesn't make sense for places like North Dakota to be on lockdown the same way New York or Washington State is. It's comparing apples to oranges.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
If he announced a nationwide lockdown, he’d have to activate the national guard and mobilize the military in a way never before done. He would have to, because the federal government doesn’t have the manpower to enforce a nationwide lockdown order, separating families and moving massive numbers of people around the nation needlessly in order to keep other people from moving in ways they shouldn’t. There are laws about the limits of what the military can do in these missions, and extensive supply and logistic chains that would need to be established. ... all to accomplish what?
The only things it would do is add to the confusion, set up needless confrontations between citizens and military, and prolong the crisis. It would make Trump look incompetant and people would die, but the left only really ever cared about one of those things.
I believe he will make America even GREATER than before! Really!
Amen, I agree.
42 states are locked down to some extent, the 8 remaining have low cases of virus ....some of them produce much of our food
The petty media just cannot goad Trump into becoming a tyrant
I cheered and clapped when he said that. PDJT has more respect for our Constitution than any previous president I can think of. He made further comments about the states being "like countries" and about the appropriate executive authority of state's governors that I have never heard a politician speak of.
1. The Constitution and 2. Context and together THEY are the important things. Actually, even in the states, county by county lock downs would be better than statewide. In many northern NY counties the lockdowns might be unnecessary,
I think these anti-American Progressive "reporters" are trying to bait him into doing it so they can then call him a dictator. Trump has less inclination to be a dictator than any president in my memory.
I would have asked the putz faced reporter if he wanted me to override the decisions of the governors and if he thought I knew more than the governors about their states.
Hatred = not being able to keep cherished beliefs or make use of logic but being driven by purely negative emotion alone
Anyone filled with political hate right now is thus mentally incompetent and should not work in government or media. Cooler, logical heads need to prevail.
Definitely. We’ve seen this playbook before.
Thankfully Pres. Trump never falls for their malign tricks.
He has their number like no politician has ever had it before. :)
‘Whatever decision he makes or doesn’t make, someone would light him up.’
if Trump invented a cure for cancer tomorrow, he’d be lit up for waiting so long to do it...but, he went into with his eyes open, it’s the nature of the beast...
‘Let each governor be responsible for his/her state and leave the Federal Government out of this.’
until Trump calls for the lockdowns to end and the idiot governors like Tom Wolf balk...
‘Example of a wiser Governor: Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf’
have you been imbibing heavily tonight...?
What provision of the constitution allows the federal government - in this case the executive - to issue a stay at home order.
This isn’t interstate commerce.
Well stated. That’s my understanding.
Thanks.
He’s handling it exactly as he should..he understands that the 10th Amendment not only empowers the States, it also gives them loads of responsibility - and some are handling it well while others are the sort Kushner mentioned - not up to the task the voters elected them to be able to do...
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