trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to order Meat Packing plants to stay open.

[spanone]

President Donald Trump plans to order meat-processing plants to remain open, declaring them critical infrastructure as the nation confronts growing disruptions to the food supply, a person familiar with the matter said.

Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to order the companies to stay open, and the government will provide additional protective gear for employees as well as guidance, according to the person.

Trump signaled the executive action at the White House on Tuesday, saying he planned to sign an order aimed at Tyson Foods Inc.’s liability, which had become “a road block” for the company. He didn’t elaborate.

The order, though, will not be limited to Tyson, the person said. It will affect all processing plants supplying beef, chicken, eggs and pork.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-28/trump-says-he-s-issuing-order-for-tyson-s-unique-liability

[rustysgurl]

1. I guess he thinks the workers are "expendable" n/t

[brewens]

2. That gave me an idea. Can't we draft any one able bodied from retirement homes? They have already

been declared expendable. I bet quite a few have some useful work hours left in them.

[rustysgurl]

3. Shhh ... he'll take credit for that idea n/t

[maxrandb]

15. I believe I have a better idea

There were a few dozen MAGAts doing a "please murder my children for a 5-point pop in the Stock Market" protest. The media was covering it like MLKs March on Washington.

I think a lot of them were already carrying butcher knives.

Why not hire a bus, you'd only need one, and transport them to the nearest pork processing plant.

You could kill two birds with one stone... literally.

As for the media, there's a Pulitzer there for documenting these "go back to work" protesters being put back to work.

I'm sure they "love" Murika and Freedumb so much, they'd jump at the chance.

During WWII, we said "Save your Scrap for Victory"!

Now we could say; "Make Porkchops for Don"

[brewens]

16. They got guys from all over the country to go work the N.Dakota oil fields. Now those guys

need jobs. It will be interesting to see how many unemployed MAGAt's will want to take jobs in the meat plants.

[spanone]

4. they'll be able to work these folks to death with ZERO LIABILITY.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Waiving corporate liability.

[spanone]

6. That's some scary shit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. This might be part of Stephen Miller's plot to get rid of immigrants,

undocumented or otherwise. Meat-packing plants are staffed largely with immigrants, so the thinking could be that if they go back to work they risk getting sick, so maybe they'll go back to their country of origin. If not, they go to work and die. Problem solved!

[dewsgirl]

12. Unfortunately, this was what I thought of.😞

[Yavin4]

21. Okay, so who will do the work in the plant? n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. Why, white American Trump supporters, of course!

[Yavin4]

26. But you can't pack meat by shooting at it with an assault weapon. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Not very neatly, anyhow.

[Yavin4]

30. "Umm. This pork chop has a bullet in it." n/t

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Yupper,them is only Brown Skinned Peoples.

Three days ago,we had a post on this board as to Trump doing a Pivot away from Covid 19 to Anything Racial in a attempt to get reelected.

Had to end a call from a Sibling yesterday when he went total friggin Nazi on all the folks living in and around his Area,that work in the Meat Plants as well as the Cheese Plants.

I am done,our oldest Son warned me two weeks ago about his Uncle going full on White Supremacist .

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Where does white supremacist uncle think he's going to get his brats and bacon

if all the immigrants are either sick or have left town?

[Wellstone ruled]

14. It is a

Complicated thing. The area he and his spouse live in is dominated by Militia types. His source for Protein is members of this loosely knit group who are Farmers as well as Main Street Merchants and Butcher Shops.

Met some of this so called Americans on many a occasion through the last two decades. Thankfully it was always a brief encounter,and yes this Militia thing survives on ignorance and Conspiracies.

[FightingIrish]

9. At least we'll have hamberders

[Under The Radar]

10. That Will be challenged legally and he will back away from it.

Just another trick that he pulls each day to falsely inflate the Dow

[orwell]

11. Message to Workers...

...You are canon fodder in my war to get re-elected!

[spanone]

17. ⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧

[crickets]

18. Why don't they get all of those protesters to go work in the meat packing plants?

They're so eager to get everything opened again, I'm sure they'd step right up.

[LeftInTX]

19. Send Dan Patrick!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. He's gotta have his hamberders

[SoonerPride]

23. Soon he will order us to go out and spend money!

"I command thee!

Some things are more important than living!

Go! Consume! Freedom is slavery!"

[gratuitous]

24. Free epitaph for those who die

"Here lies (name of decedent), killed by order of President Trump."

Everyone knows how Trump likes to see his name on things.

[bullwinkle428]

25. Let me tell you - he will resurrect his DEFUNCT FUCKING AIRLINE, so he can fly

undocumented Mexican and Central American workers here to fill in for all of the workers who've gotten sick and DIED after being in these packing plants! Nearly every last one of these is located in a RED STATE, and that's all anyone needs to really know regarding his motivations.

[Codeine]

28. The "muh bacon" crowd will be pleased. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

29. So he'll use DPA for THIS, eh?