Trump tells governors to seek out respirators and other vital equipment on their own.

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12. Why shouldn't they?

The Federal Gov't was never intended to be a fix all. That's why we have States. No matter who is in charge in the White House, if you're waiting for the Federal Gov't to save you, you might be disappointed, or worse, not saved.

He said “We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself.”

I don't see the problem there. Flame me if you want, or have to because it's the DU way, but the States need to take a leading role in this too.

Kind of like Mexico pondering closing the Border and people here being ok with it, but if Mexico announces they are closing the Border on Wednesday and trump closes it down on Tuesday, then people go from cheering to hating LOL. "You can't do that, only and evil person would close the border during this crises."

You know it's true. How does this level of political hate and hypocrisy help us get through the pandemic?