New: US government has requested 100,000 body bags

[Mrs. Overall]

Link to tweet

Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs

News: US government has requested 100,000 body bags. Pentagon will draw some initially from stockpile of 50,000 it maintains, and is looking into buying more, sources tell @ACapaccio. Somber preparation as Trump officials project as many as 200k Americans may die of coronavirus.

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R

Telling sign of dump's "winning."

[Vinca]

2. Trump MAGA bags?

[Blaukraut]

3. "As many as 200k" is already a misstatement.

150-200k IF we do everything perfectly from here on out. So 100k body bags might be enough if they stuff two or three bodies into one bag.

[HotTeaBag]

4. Hope they brand them with a bright red 'Trump 2020' patch.

Maybe Ivanka can create the design.

[gratuitous]

5. Yikes, I'm getting cynical

My first thought was that Trump was hoarding body bags in advance of acute need so he could dole them out to people who are sufficiently deferential to him.

But even Trump wouldn't sink that low.

Would he?

No, seriously, I'm asking.

[Runningdawg]

6. Surely not

There MUST be a surplus left over from Obama's term, after all, FEMA camps had thousands. <sarcasm> Sad that I need to add that here, but I have learned my lesson.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Weren't they in the Obamacare budget, under "death panels?"

[bluestarone]

8. Fucking rethugs KILL our familes THEN

Puts them in fucking BODY BAGS probably NEVER to be seen again!!