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   Hello Aaron,   
      
    AI>> considered the problem to only be hurting blue states so he left   
    AI>> it for "th   
      
    AT> However, this part sounds like news with a twist.   
      
   Look at the facts.   
      
    AT> All I know is New York. It was the world's epicenter at first, but now   
    AT> officials for the state of New York are claiming a victory with   
    AT> flattening the curve.   
      
   That disaster didn't happen because New York is blue. If that is true the   
   challenge now is to keep new infections and deaths down as much as possible.   
      
    AT> This is the most liberal blue state in all of the USA (in my opinion.)   
      
   California is also blue, a great success although caronvirus is still a   
   problem there.   
      
    AT> Trump gave state governors autonomy with handling coronavirus.   
      
   Of course state governors are reponsible for their states.   
      
   Do you think a national plan might be in order in this crisis?   
      
   The white house was going to present one. Jared Kushner was in charge of it   
   but it was never presented and as of today there is no national plan.   
      
   Even the CDC's guidelines were shelved in favor of a quick reopening.   
      
    AT> Some states have done poorly with reopening (Arizona, Florida, Texas)   
    AT> but the media (and Democrats) prefer to blame Trump instead of blaming   
    AT> Democratic state governors.   
      
   The media (and Democrats) are not the enemy of the people as Trump tweets.   
      
   If there was a national plan that included resources for problem areas it   
   would be easier to make a dent in this crisis.   
      
    AT> How would the USA react if Trump were to deploy our military to   
    AT> enforce mask wearing? Or if he used the military to enforce social   
    AT> distancing?   
      
   Masks and social distancing are good ideas but I hope you don't need to call   
   in the military to make that happen!   
      
    AT> They're just opportunists looking for ways to make gay marriages   
    AT> gayer, to make abortions more painful, or to make counterfeit money   
    AT> more legal.   
      
   Huh?   
      
    AT> Anyone who stands in the way of liberal policies as much as Trump   
    AT> does, is in for trouble.   
      
   If you or Trump or whoever doesn't like liberal policies or ideas, just come   
   up with a better more workable conservative policy and get started.   
      
    AI>> are many new cases and deaths on a daily basis and now he wants   
    AI>> schools ope back up in the middle of all that - when/where will   
    AI>> that end?   
      
    AT> Trump is "in favor" of reopening schools, but again, he's not   
    AT> dictating school openings;   
      
   Well yes, he is dictating. He ordered/demanded schools reopen or lose their   
   funding. It's all much like what he did with states reopening although he   
   doesn't have the power/authority to do that either.   
      
   He doesn't have the power/authority for the secret police that have been   
   rounding up people on the streets of Portland and elsewhere. Never the less,   
   he does it anyway.   
      
   Things like this make it hard for folks (even Republican's) to vote for him.   
      
    AT> he's letting the governors control school reopenings. When those   
    AT> governers do a bad job, fingers will be pointed at Trump because his   
    AT> voice sounds like Sinatra.   
      
   Does his voice really sound like Sinatra? ;)   
      
   Fingers are pointed at Trump for the things he has done. There will be more   
   fingers pointed at him before he is done I am sure.   
      
    Ttyl :-),   
            Al   
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