‘GOP death panels’: Trump sparks outrage with call to undo COVID-19 shutdowns to save the economy
As President Donald Trump and other Republicans push to send Americans back to work during the COVID-19 outbreak over the objections of medical experts, many worried about the public health impact.
Risking millions of lives to boost the economy, as Trump and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have suggested, reminded many social users of the “death panels” Sarah Palin warned about during deliberations over Obamacare.
Medical experts have recommended a national shutdown for at least two weeks to halt the spread of the coronavirus, and many state and local governments have issued shelter in place orders temporarily but severely restricting many business operations.
Trump hasn’t done that on a nationwide basis, and has said that he would like those state and local orders lifted to get workers back on the job — worrying doctors and the public.
Translation: Sacrifice your grandparents so poor people can get back to working for minimum wage and no benefits. These yachts aren’t going to pay for themselves. Do it for Walmart. #NotDying4WallStreet #GOPDeathPanels
— Dona Sweet (@Dona_Sweetly) March 24, 2020
The @GOP is saying out loud what they really think of us – that we are expendable and the only thing that matters is their money. When people show you who they are, believe them. #GOPDeathPanels #NotDying4WallStreet @SenToomey
— Ashley C 📢 (@asc6886) March 24, 2020
It was perfectly fine to expect the average person to let their own personal economies crash and burn for the sake of society, but somehow as soon as it threatens the bottom line of the 0.1%, we’re expected to make human sacrifices. #GOPDeathPanels
— Sara Heartburn (@saraheartburn) March 24, 2020
Hey America. Remember the Death Panels!?!?
They are back, but this time for real. Headed by Trump, Mnuchin, and Kudlow. Supported by stooges like Dan Patrick…#NotDying4WallStreet#GOPDeathPanels
— audeo03 🧢 (@audeo03) March 24, 2020
Apparently, the market loves the #GOPDeathPanels concept. What’s a few million American lives when there’s a few bucks to be made?#TrumpLiesAmericansDie #ComplicitGOP #TrumpVirusCoverup #WhereAreTheTestsKits #LogansRun #WeVolunteerThemForTribute #GrandparentsVsWallStreet pic.twitter.com/CQW9PlDRcN
— BenzaiOhio, Social Distancing Expert (@Benzaiohio) March 24, 2020
Apparently @realDonaldTrump is okay with Death Panels after all eh ? #GOPDeathPanels https://t.co/TbcQykq0Au
— WitcherBitch (@WitcherBitch100) March 24, 2020
How many grandmothers are the GOP willing to sacrifice for Wall Street? Stay tuned to find out! #GOPDeathPanels
— Electric Aeons (@ElectricAeons) March 24, 2020
You should be willing to die at your shitty job so that rich people’s grandkids have minimal interruptions in their lifestyles-it’s the right thing to do. #GOPDeathPanels
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) March 24, 2020
When do they start talking about the “surplus population”?#NotDying4WallStreet#GOPDeathPanels https://t.co/CIbl7Rvn8P
— Victor Stoddard (@VicStoddard) March 24, 2020
Republicans in 2008: Obamacare will give us death panels.
Republicans in 2020: Let the virus kill off all the old people (which are our biggest voting block too).
— The Sapphire Pharaoh: Under Quarantine👢🌹🧢 (@SapphirePharaoh) March 24, 2020
Fuck that shit THIS 68 year old Grandfather isn’t dying to help Wall Street and the 1% mother fuckers! #GOPDeathPanels
— CynicL1☮️❤️😊 (@Dave_Fouchey) March 24, 2020
I don’t want to hear EVER AGAIN how the ACA or anything else that benefits the fucking people will lead to “death panels” when the GOP & Trump just announced that the elderly should die for Corporate America & the 1%’s bottom line–just to save the economy.
— It’s Not You (12,913 words/150,000) (@SchuylerThorpe) March 24, 2020
Trump:coronavirus restrictions will be lifted soon
Trump is literally willing to trade people lives for economy
But thank God for State’s Rights. I bet Republicans never thought it would be used to help people & save lives#GOPDeathPanels #COVIDIOTS https://t.co/1wrplcBsL1
— Tonia.Htch (@HtchTonia) March 24, 2020
#GOPDeathPanels would include boomer parents & everybody that has a compromised immune system in the calculus. I don’t know how fucked up your childhood was that your morality boils down to “how your 401k is doing today” but here we are
— Infrastructure Weak (@inhammable) March 24, 2020
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Trump’s attempt to look tough backfires — and even Republicans seem to see the writing on the wall
From the moment that protests against racist police violence started to spread from Minneapolis to the rest of the country (and the world), after a white police officer named Derek Chauvin killed an unarmed black man named George Floyd in a gruesome incident captured on video, it's been clear that Donald Trump thought this was exactly the Hail Mary he needed to win re-election. Trump has been desperate for a way to distract the country from the soaring death rate of the coronavirus pandemic (now at 108,000 and counting) and the 40 million left unemployed in the resulting economic collapse. He believed that a racist and sadistic backlash against the protesters was just the ticket.
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‘Like George W. Bush after 9/11’: Kayleigh McEnany declares Trump Bible photo op a historic moment
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended the use of force against protesters in order to clear way for President Donald Trump's photo op at St. John's Episcopal Church.
At her daily press briefing, McEnany was asked why it was necessary for Trump to walk to the church, where he held up a Bible.
McEnany suggested that Trump's photo op had been a historic moment.
"This was a very important moment," she explained. "I would note that through all of time, we've seen presidents and leaders across the world who have had leadership moments and very powerful symbols that were important for a nation to see at any given time, to show a message of resilience and determination."
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When police killed Breonna Taylor in her own bed it wasn’t caught on video
Whatever you think about the unrest gripping this country–whether you’re outraged by cops’ across America brutally repressing peaceful protesters or the people breaking windows and looting businesses–the proximate cause was officer Derek Chauvin, who was still on the job despite being named in 18 previous complaints, slowly murdering George Floyd on the street–compressing his throat for 8 minutes and 46 seconds–as other officers looked on and a small crowd screamed that Chauvin was killing him. That video quickly went viral and here we are.
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‘Like George W. Bush after 9/11’: Kayleigh McEnany declares Trump Bible photo op a historic moment
When police killed Breonna Taylor in her own bed it wasn’t caught on video
‘Like George W. Bush after 9/11’: Kayleigh McEnany declares Trump Bible photo op a historic moment
Trump slams religious leaders who criticized his church photo-op
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