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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNEWS: POTUS said he is considering an enforceable quarantine in the NY NJ CT area. Cuomo DENIES
Link to tweet
Kelly O'Donnell ✔@KellyO
NEWS: the president said he is considering an enforceable quarantine in the NY NJ CT area. Decision may come today. He spoke with @NYGovCuomo adding he doesnt want to do it but may have to
12:20 PM - Mar 28, 2020
On edit: Cuomo denies this was ever discussed, just now during his presser.
What is Trump even saying??
UPDATE:
Link to tweet
Kelly O'Donnell ✔@KellyO
"I am now considering, will make a decision very quickly, very shortly, a quarantine because it's such a hot area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, will be announcing that one way or the other fairly soon." -- President Trump at Norfolk
2:05 PM - Mar 28, 2020
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)FBaggins
(26,727 posts)There is also some thought that Florida's troubles are partially imported from NY. (I also think that it's just parts of NY/NJ/CT)
bdamomma
(63,822 posts)plus Desantis is a tRump lover.
FBaggins
(26,727 posts)How are they reporting hundreds of new cases if they arent testing?
The key difference between NY and FL is that about 1/3 of tested NYers are turning up positive... while FL is closer to one in ten.
bdamomma
(63,822 posts)I heard on the Randi Rhodes show there are areas of Florida with no testing areas.
FBaggins
(26,727 posts)I'm sure that there are "areas" in both FL and NY that aren't doing much testing... but the fact remains that only Washington and New York have more test results than Florida (though California appears to have enough pending to pass them) - and the numbers in New York are much worse than Florida's.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)to have brought it back with them from Florida. Are the beaches still open?
rockfordfile
(8,700 posts)FBaggins
(26,727 posts)Sure... they've had some close elections in recent years (though in otherwise blue years)... but state agricultural commissioner is the only statewide constitutional office that isn't red. Both senate seats are red... and both chambers of the legislature are red.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)I'm the boss. He can't stand sharing the spotlight.
That's all this is about.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,173 posts)Think about it.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)He has the portrait of Andrew Jackson on the Oval Office wall for a good reason.
Afromania
(2,768 posts)Sure go ahead buddy, you do that.
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)Could he use them to enforce quarantine? Sure. Posse comitatus would be irrelevant in the emergency.
Afromania
(2,768 posts)What I meant is that you van lock off the area but there is still tons of international freight that needs to be received and then transported to the rest of the country That's not to mention that anything headed to areas north of the NYC has to pass through here as well.
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts).
Afromania
(2,768 posts)There is no cordoning this virus. Not that it matters anyway because its everywhere. It's a waste of resources to even bother with something like this. Now if he wants to send folks up here to build makeshift hospitals then go for it.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)I am concerned.
librechik
(30,674 posts)Although I suppose it will work at softening the curve. This is hateful. I'm so confused.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Jarqui
(10,122 posts)that would go after folks not wearing masks on the street.
They originally said not to wear masks to try to protect the supply to medical folks.
I do think the medical people deserve them first. But I'm not sure about not telling people.
If it is airborne, it can get in your eyes. Wear safety glasses if you can.
Jim__
(14,074 posts)Not a difficult decision.
lettucebe
(2,336 posts)He may be able to order a national lock-down or stay-in-place, not sure, but a single state? Doubt it
bdamomma
(63,822 posts)he did take no responsibility and told states governors they were on their own. Period.
tRump is a monster. Seeking revenge on everyone.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)bloviating orange idiot.
dalton99a
(81,426 posts)gulliver
(13,180 posts)Extremely dirty. It might be near zero percent likely, but Trump brings it to the foreground just to try to make New York look bad. He's "considering it."
It's like if I said I'm considering taking Mar-a-Lago off of the list of hotels I want to stay in in Florida, because of it's coronavirus infections.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)I smell a large separatist movement coming soon.
JenniferJuniper
(4,510 posts)but enough is enough. I'm ready to go.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)handlers gave him a new idea to fk with blue states in crisis?
How about tge ventilators ASSHOLE! 🤬
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Not federal. Use of federal troops is violation of the Posse Comitatus Act...period.