Governors Full of Doubt Amid Trump’s Can-do Attitude (Hake News, Weds. 3/25/20)

March 25, 2020 / James Hake

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Even More Coronavirus News…

(Drudge) BIGGEST BAILOUT IN HISTORY! (AP) The White House and Congress agreed to an unprecedented $2 Trillion virus rescue bill early Wednesday — aid to businesses, workers and the health care system, all over this coronavirus thing — intended as a weekslong or monthslong patch for the economy. QUOTE from a SNAKE: “To the American people, we say, big help, quick help is on the way,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday morning on CNN. GET AWAY FROM ME CHUCK! Schumer said he expected approval by the Republican-led Senate later in the day — likely Wednesday afternoon (today).
1. The economic rescue package would give direct payments to most Americans, expand unemployment benefits and provide a $367 billion program for small businesses to keep making payroll while workers are forced to stay home.
2. One of the last issues to close concerned $500 billion for guaranteed, subsidized loans to larger industries, including a fight over how generous to be with the airlines. Hospitals would get significant help as well.
3. President Donald Trump expressed eagerness to nudge many people back to work in the coming weeks and held out a prospect, based more on hope than science (THAT’S FAR-LEFT AP’S WORDS), that the country could be returning to normal in less than a month. (SIDE NOTE: KEEP IN MIND AP CALLS TRANSGENDERS BY THE WRONG PRONOUNS, SO THEY DON’T FOLLOW SCIENCE EITHER.) Trump would like people to be back to work by Easter.
(Drudge) AIRLINES BEG FOR RESCUE (Reuters) Global airlines urged gov’ts on Tuesday to speed up bailouts — they doubled their estimate of 2020 revenue losses from the coronavirus crisis to more than $250 Billion! … planes unable to fly because of travel restrictions, a plunge in demand over fears of contagion… airlines worldwide have grounded most of their fleets! ...many have said they need government support to survive. BETA AIRLINES! J/K… BTW: There’s a debate about whether relief for airlines should come with strings attached, such as new commitments on climate goals. OH GOSH, STUPID GOVERNMENTS. One guy in the industry with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says they’d continue efforts that are already under way to curb emissions once the crisis recedes.
(Drudge) NYC OUTLOOK DARKENS (Reuters) Governor Andrew Cuomo of NY pushed his worries Tuesday after the evil UN’s corrupt World Health Organization said that the United States could emerge as the epicenter of the global pandemic. QUOTE: "If you ask the American people to choose between public health and the economy, then it's no contest. No American is going to say accelerate the economy at the cost of human life," he said at a convention center in Manhattan that is being converted into a 1,000-bed temporary hospital.
1. BTW: Trump and Cuomo clash over the federal response… (Reuters) He was complaining that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) was sending New York 400 ventilators from a national stockpile. "You want a pat on the back for sending 400? We need 30,000," said Cuomo. Trump said Cuomo "should have ordered the ventilators" when he had a chance in recent years.
2. Governors reject the President's timeline… of having people back to work by Easter (which would be mid-April) — Easter is a holiday honoring Jesus’s resurrection, BTW. One governor called it an “imaginary clock.” They’re doubters! Trump has a can-do attitude. That dumb governor was Larry Hogan of Maryland, must be a RINO — he’s head of the National Governors Association. Democrats Gavin Newsom and Andrew Cuomo running their mouths — they’re corrupt and incompetent.

Governors Larry Hogan (R-MD), Gavin Newsom (D-CA), and Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), are all liberal and full of doubt, unlike President Trump, who says we can beat this coronavirus thing in a timely fashion.

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(Drudge) NYPD Has Over 200 Cases of the coronavirus thing! Thousands More are Out Sick… Uh-oh!
1. 30 People In NYC homeless shelters positive… that’s up from just a single case last week (NY Post).
MEANWHILE ACROSS THE POND… (Drudge) UK CALLS FOR 250,000 VOLUNTEERS for health service. WHOA! (Reuters) They want help delivering medicines from pharmacies, driving patients to and from hospital appointments and phoning people isolating at home to check up on them. In a TV message on Monday evening watched by more than 27 million people, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered people to stay at home, told nearly all shops to close and banned social gatherings including weddings and baptisms. Their death toll was over 400.
1. PRINCE CHARLES TESTS POSITIVE He’s 71. (The Sun) Palace officials confirmed it. The future king had been displaying mild symptoms but remains in "good health" after being diagnosed with the bug on Monday night.
2. There are FEARS FOR the QUEEN (Daily Beast). Do not be afraid! Prince Charles last met with Queen Elizabeth II, who’s 93, on March 12th.
(Drudge) A Third of the world is under lockdown… (AFP via Yahoo) - India ordered its billion-plus population on Tuesday to stay inside for three weeks, bringing a third of the world under lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic forced Japan to postpone the Olympics until next year. Financial markets soared after a brutal month as the US Congress looked set to pass a stimulus bill, joining the world's central banks in combatting the crisis with major injections of cash. PSH. President Donald Trump voiced hope that the United States could begin reopening by Easter, which falls on April 12 for most Christians, but one of his top medical advisers said there was a need to remain "very flexible."
Drudge asks… One patient could infect up to 59,000 others? Compared with 14 with the flu... because it is almost THREE TIMES more infectious than the flu (Daily Mail). One expert doctor said it spreads twice as much as the flu.
1. (Drudge) Pink eye could be an early symptom… (Miami Herald) Itchy, red eyes may be another symptom of the coronavirus infection, experts say — that’s according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
(CNN) Democrats are grappling with the possibility that plans for July's national convention, at which they will choose their presidential nominee, may need to be altered if the coronavirus threat persists. Party officials say there are no set contingencies or deadlines yet, but they have started soliciting guidance from advisers. There's even a chance the convention could go virtual. The front-runner, former Obama Vice President Joe Biden, has had to adjust his campaign strategy since coronavirus precautions have made rallies, speeches and other campaign mainstays impossible. Biden says he plans to do regular interviews from a new studio at his Delaware home, an effort to stay in the national spotlight. OMG did you guys see that awkward footage when he did a virtual townhall or something dumb? OMG. Boomer tech.

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