Trump says the federal government will not extend its social distancing guidelines

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

WASHINGTON — President Trump says the federal government will not be extending its social distancing guidelines when they expire Thursday.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the coronavirus guidelines will be “fading out” because of work that governors are doing in their states.

Vice President Mike Pence said the guidelines issued 45 days ago have been incorporated into guidance provided to the states on how they can begin the process of gradually reopening their economies.

“Now our focus is working with states. . . to open up their states again,” Pence said. “And the new guidance that we’ve issued is guidance for how they can do that safely and responsibly.”

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/29/business/trump-says-federal-government-will-not-extend-its-social-distancing-guidelines/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter

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Trump lovers, inhale (without a mask) a deep breath of FREEDOM.....

[Jarqui]

1. ... so they can blame the failures on the states ...

and cling to any of the good things the states do

[sakabatou]

2. Get ready for a second wave of outbreaks

[LisaL]

15. We aren't even over the first wave yet.

So it's just going to be one big wave.

[Mike 03]

3. In my mind I keep hearing Rodney King's first attorney

warning people in Los Angeles to "get the heck out of Dodge" after that not guilty verdict came down and an hour or so before the riots began.

I will be laying low, and I really fear for our country over the next several months.

EDIT: King's lawyer was Steve Lerman.

[poli-junkie]

4. He's craving getting back in there to do his Nuremberg rallies.

People are going to drop like flies everywhere.

Stay inside y'all.

[Baked Potato]

5. Not enough appropriate words left for these jerkoffs.

[Freethinker65]

6. Attention will now be placed on tracking two weeks from May first the states that "open"

Trump will take credit when things go ok, or no worse than pre-opening, and will blame the individual States/governors if things get worse.

Thing is, everyone knows this is what Trump will do, so it really does not matter. Watch what Americans do. If Americans, that can, open up their wallets, watch what they spend it on.

[cstanleytech]

7. If as I suspect ending the whole stay at home thing ends up causing a worse outbreak then every

single Republican in the House and Senate will have blood on their hands as they were more concerned about getting things like more tax cuts for corporations and more conservative justices on the courts and that is why they support Trump.

[NickB79]

8. Remember those early models predicting 240,000 dead over the next year?

But they revised them down to 60,000 because they expected the Trump administration to listen to the experts and do the right things?

I knew that was bullshit then. Sucks to be proven right though.

[EarthFirst]

9. "Mission Accomplished." nt

[titaniumsalute]

10. It doesn't really matter

States are doing their own thing anyway so who cares what these federal asshats do.

[yaesu]

11. so, the red states can continue to infect the blue states, so I guess that is being back to normal

[Initech]

12. Called it!!!

I said he was going to do something stupid weeks ago, and well, I guess I can say that one is a done deal! Woohoo?

[They_Live]

13. Ugh. BAd idea.

again. every single frigging day.

[riversedge]

14. The Trump Admin continues to be an embarrassment for all the world to see..

[Marrah_Goodman]

16. Not only is he going to kill a lot more people

But he will also be tanking his own campaign as the death toll continues to rise into the summer at the very least.

[Paladin]

17. I've been ignoring trump's directives for his entire miserable reign.

I'm sure as hell not going to change, at this point.

I hope his entire voting base starts cluster-fucking one another into sickness and death. That's what they deserve. More importantly, that's what this country needs.