My problem is, Trump attacked Kemp two days in a row in front of the Fake News he hates for a Governor looking after his people who are having their lives destroyed by Fauci and Birx over this scam!
It was bad form, and has the potential to make other Governors and Mayors timid about opening back up! If it’s a personal thing Trump has with Kemp, he should admonish him in private, and not in front of the Fake News.
I admit he was a bit hard on Kemp but may I argue that it was all part of a plan?
I think President Trump wanted a state to open up but he didn’t want to have any part of it. That is President Trump and most Republicans but never mind those with air between the legs.
But with all that hype about the president being totally in charge BEFORE Georgia opened up, with the president backing down and turning power over to the Governors, I think Trump took Kemp aside, and said, as I imagine:
“Look, I have to be totally exempt from this but the task force has checked Georgia’s numbers and in terms of the statistics and the locale, your state is perfect to begin opening up. So I’m going to have to NOT stop you in any fashion but I don’t want to be seen as taking over a Governor’s decision. So I’m going to publicly proclaim your decision not such a good one but I do wish you luck.”
And with this Trump winked at Kemp and really wished him luck.
Hey, it’s fiction but I think Trump could have shut Kemp down if he really thought it a danger.
I understand respect people being angry with Trump over how he’s treated Kemp, and I agree that the net effect is to chill other nominally conservative governors.
And agree too, it was bad form. Very bad form. Trump has a habit of bad form. He can be a total ass. He is often wrong.
It just doesn’t bother me, because he’s doing great things, and generally, the bad form sorts out fine.
I don’t think there is much distance (if any at all) between Kemp and Trump over what’s okay from an epidemiology point. But that’s lost in the discussion. And too, Colorado is doing the same thing Georgia is, and no bitches going on there. The press is the one picking and choosing who and what to spotlight.
Well said. Trump was doing the bidding of Fauci and Birx who want their gate keeping guidelines strictly adhered to. He would do well to find alternative expert opinion. Based on real data, it is obvious that the virus has spread far wider than thought. It is poor public policy to continue our containment and mitigation strategies.