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riversedge

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Tue May 19, 2020, 06:10 PM May 2020

Ford Motor Co. Changes Mind, Won't Insist Trump Wear Mask During Visit [UPDATE] [View all]

Source: huff post



05/19/2020 03:30 pm ET Updated 43 minutes ago

Previously, a Ford spokesperson said company policy requires that “everyone wears PPE to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”


UPDATE: 4:53 p.m. ET ― Officials for Ford Motor Co. have backpedaled on a decree that President Donald Trump wear a mask when he visits a plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on Thursday, Bloomberg reported.

A company spokeswoman told the outlet Ford would defer to the White House’s own policies on mask-wearing.

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The president is scheduled to visit the Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, even though the visit technically violates an executive order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that prohibits “nonessential” plant tours.

However, the governor’s office has signaled it will not stand in the way of the visit, Whitmer spokesman Zack Pohl told Crain’s Detroit...........................

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-mask-ford-company-visit_n_5ec422d6c5b6c7b4290046fc?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067








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Fuck.. letting that BLOATED POS Shite in without a mask. Cha May 2020 #1
Absolutely! Someone(s) in that plant are shredding that virus like crazy and Trump can get it, NotHardly May 2020 #18
Maybe he wants 2-scoops of covid 19 diva77 May 2020 #40
I don't know whose arm got twisted but ArizonaLib May 2020 #2
STRIKE! The U.A.W. should call for a 1-day STRIKE! machoneman May 2020 #3
Cowards....fook'n spineless cowards. Hulk May 2020 #4
Cowardly Reversal ProfessorGAC May 2020 #5
Well I lost my bet yet again..................this country is totally fucked........... turbinetree May 2020 #6
I wonder what he threatened them with? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #7
I'm so shocked... Docreed2003 May 2020 #8
Put up a sign: "No Masks Required for the Morbidly Obese" Blue Owl May 2020 #9
Signs don't mean much to these Reptiles ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #13
The govt probably buys a lot of vehicles from Ford. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #10
And leftieNanner May 2020 #23
Fine. You know what? I never will again. n/t Mr.Bill May 2020 #30
Not any more. James48 May 2020 #32
I'd be curious to know what threat(s) were made to warrant the backpeddle... EarthFirst May 2020 #11
that was my first thought LiberalLovinLug May 2020 #45
Cowards LizBeth May 2020 #12
I don't get it luv2fly May 2020 #14
That's right. Go ahead and empower the anti-mask idiots in this country. BlueStater May 2020 #15
He has got to have tried on a mask... stillcool May 2020 #16
WHAT is wrong with these people??? why are they so utterly powerless ??? Unless there are Kashkakat v.2.0 May 2020 #17
I left a complaint on Ford's site dexdah May 2020 #19
Welcome to DU, dexdah. area51 May 2020 #42
Booo boo!! Thekaspervote May 2020 #20
Simple. Ford need Trump and his bailout money than Trump needs Ford. Doodley May 2020 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar May 2020 #22
He may have invited himself to tour the plant leftieNanner May 2020 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar May 2020 #27
Everyone is so afraid of trump. mwb970 May 2020 #24
Looks like the IRS called and told some Ford execs to prepare for an audit on their personal returns BamaRefugee May 2020 #26
Of course they did. Amazing what weaklings the kacekwl May 2020 #28
Ford has now lost my business forever RainCaster May 2020 #29
Found On Road Dead? Nope...no sales, ever again. (n/t) Moostache May 2020 #38
I already predicted this in a previous post! Canoe52 May 2020 #31
U.A.W. needs to do something about this BS! Crowman2009 May 2020 #33
spineless bastards proud patriot May 2020 #34
He's not your king. Grokenstein May 2020 #35
All it would take is a 30 day boycott of Ford. olddad65 May 2020 #36
The employees could call in sick that day Raven123 May 2020 #37
Faux News Chyron: "Ford Plant Union Workers Follow Trump." Marcuse May 2020 #39
Fuck Trump and Fuck Ford. roamer65 May 2020 #41
Wonder if that Ford spokesman, or whoever directed him/her to require mask, is toast TreadSoftly May 2020 #43
What is with these cowardly dweebs? Brainfodder May 2020 #44
OFFS! sakabatou May 2020 #46
Makeup essme May 2020 #47
HA! I was RIGHT!!! Maeve May 2020 #48
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