Louisiana GOP wants to overturn emergency declaration -- and lose federal funding

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Source: American Independent

By Emily Singer -April 30, 2020 2:15 PM





Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are taking extreme measures to try to end social distancing measures in their state.

Republican state lawmakers in Louisiana are trying to repeal Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' public health emergency declaration in an effort to end social distancing measures in their state, an extreme move that would also end federal funding to help the state deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported Wednesday.

The move is part of a growing trend among GOP lawmakers across the country who are trying to undo coronavirus-related public safety measures implemented by Democratic governors — before public health experts say it's safe.

Those Republican lawmakers are frustrated with the stay-at-home orders public health experts recommend to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The measures have decimated the economy, causing at least 30 million people to lose their jobs.

However, Louisiana's GOP-controlled Legislature is going a step further by trying to repeal the public health emergency altogether, even though more than 28,000 cases of the coronavirus have been reported in the state as well as more than 1,800 deaths, according to the Advocate.

Read more: https://americanindependent.com/louisiana-gop-coronavirus-emergency-declaration-john-bel-edwards-covid-19/

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Damn the torpedoes full speed a head by god, we are libertarians and we are going to take every one down........the schools are in shambles just fuck all the kids, by god they are going to go back to school, open the businesses, fuck being safe...............

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1. The GOP is trying to sue in Michigan

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/30/gop-whitmer-emergency-powers-lansing-protests/3058666001/

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2. So the chicken shit republicans didn't want to have recorded vote.............go figure............

they the republicans are chicken shits..................

[SoCalNative]

3. They lost

Michigan Gov. Whitmer wins court fight over coronavirus stay-home order

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michigan-gov-whitmer-wins-court-fight-over-coronavirus-stay-home-order/ar-BB13pong?li=BBnb7Kz

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4. Ha ha

Let them oppose Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards because he’s adored by Democrats and makes Trump curry his favor, too. They are envious.

Take him on at great risk, he just won re-election five months ago and controlled the virus outbreak in Louisiana like the best of states. He’s tested more per capita, got executives of both parties to work in unison, and has done it with the support of ordinary La. Republicans and Democrats. Radical Republican lawmakers just want to play Governor. John Bel ain’t playing nothing, what he does is for real.

Which is a brand they can never recapture—credibility, political bravery, and fairness.

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5. We are very lucky to have JBE instead of any of the maniacs who ran against him

This effort is being driven by red-parish legislators who think they and their people are safe because they "aren't like" the hotspots of NOLA, Baton Rouge, and Bossier City. The problem is that the disease is coming for them too, they're just too stupid to see it, and as the virus burns itself down to a reasonable level of infections in the hotspots it will be spreading into the more rural areas which are more poory equipped with hospitals and first responders. Right now one of the places where it is still growing fast in LA is St. Tammany Parish, one of the most Republican "counties" in the US and home to a bunch of rich entitled shitheads who think rules are for other people and so they're holding parties and barbecues all over the place in violation of the order, Because They Can.

JBE gave a very thoughtful and well argued explanation of why he was extending the stay at home order until May 15, and of course these shitheads just think he's doing it to fuck them over. That's OK, I know ten people who almost certainly got the virus (including myself) and only two got tests and are recorded in the statistics. Before it's over everyone is going to know someone who died.

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6. The Dem governors in LA, NC, KY, WI, and others

are why we need to run Democrats in elections everywhere. Even in the south and red states, when shit hits the fan it's better to have a Dem in charge.