President Donald Trump falsely declared Monday morning that he has the authority to force states to allow businesses to reopen in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Twitter, Trump accused the media of “creating conflict and confusion” by (accurately) reporting that only governors can open up their states’ economies.
“Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect,” he tweeted. “It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons.”
Neither the President nor the federal government have that power. Trump has resisted a nationwide stay-at-home order, so the states have enacted their own. The Bay Area in California was one of the first regions to declare a stay-at-home order, and many other states and cities have followed suit.
Although Trump has been lobbying for a swift end to the directives, which have damaged the economy, governors on both sides of the aisle have pushed back against the idea.
“I think that sometimes we all think we’re going to turn a switch and we’re going to be back to normal, and that’s just not going to happen,” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said earlier on Monday.
States Rights?
People vs. Mammon, he goes with Mammon.
The modern GOP.
Please proceed, Fat Nixon!
Maybe he should read the USC again…
Besides, Trump said he was just a BACKUP president…
And those 70 days of lying, denying, delaying, disinformation, bragging of TV ratings/FB Followers, golfing…profiteering…
NO, he does NOT have the power nor the moral authority to “re-open America”!
Meanwhile…ICYMI
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-cases-by-teleconference-including-major-one-involving-trump-idUSKCN21V1D4?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+(Reuters+Politics+News)
What happens when Trump orders folks back to work and sane American’s who would rather stay broke than die just stay home?
The last time there was a big disagreement about State vs. Federal authority things went swimmingly well.