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riversedge

(69,730 posts)
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:10 PM May 2020

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

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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Ford Motor Co. Changes Mind, Won't Insist Trump Wear Mask During Visit [UPDATE] (Original Post) riversedge May 2020 OP
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

NotHardly

(1,062 posts)
18. Absolutely! Someone(s) in that plant are shredding that virus like crazy and Trump can get it,
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:37 PM
May 2020

so yes, please let him attend without having to wear a mask. And, thank you from the 'unwashed masses'.

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)
2. I don't know whose arm got twisted but
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:13 PM
May 2020

I bet the pucker factor was high in the oval office. I am laughing at what I am sure happened when hemorrhoid-45 read Ford wanted him to wear a mask.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
4. Cowards....fook'n spineless cowards.
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:15 PM
May 2020

This worthless draft dodging coward is going to be gone after January...but these corporate bootlickers can carry this shame for decades.

Damned fool cowards.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
5. Cowardly Reversal
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:15 PM
May 2020

Shame on them!
I just sent an email to customer service telling them so.
Same thing as this post, except "Shame on YOU", not " them".

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
6. Well I lost my bet yet again..................this country is totally fucked...........
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:17 PM
May 2020

so they make rules for others / employees but not for the POS that has BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.................FUCK YOU FORD...........and giving this traitor a photo op..................you must be looking for something in the Stimulus 4 or 5 bill.......FUCK YOU AGAIN..............

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
7. I wonder what he threatened them with?
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:17 PM
May 2020

That's a particularly terrible photo of him. It would really be bad if that awful picture got passed around the Internets.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
10. The govt probably buys a lot of vehicles from Ford.
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:19 PM
May 2020

It gives them leverage.

The prez doesn't really need a mask, not with all the Lysol, bleach, and hydroxychloroquinine in his system.

James48

(4,416 posts)
32. Not any more.
Tue May 19, 2020, 07:54 PM
May 2020

The Government bought almost exclusively Ford, Chevy and Chrysler, until 2 years ago. Now it’s almost all Japanese and Korean nameplate Government vehicles for federal offices. Hynda, Honda, Toyota’s.

EarthFirst

(2,877 posts)
11. I'd be curious to know what threat(s) were made to warrant the backpeddle...
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:19 PM
May 2020

This wasn’t done out of respect of the “official White House policy...”

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
45. that was my first thought
Wed May 20, 2020, 04:12 AM
May 2020

Some subsidy they were counting on. Part of the corporate relief package. Something like that was threatened. Another quid pro quo.

luv2fly

(2,475 posts)
14. I don't get it
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:25 PM
May 2020

Why do people bend over for this blowvidiot over and over again? Afraid of some bad press? Afraid the f350 truck buyers are going to be offended if you make him wear a mask?

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
15. That's right. Go ahead and empower the anti-mask idiots in this country.
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:27 PM
May 2020

If their disgusting shitfuck of a president never has to wear them, no reason they should feel they have to wear them either.

Fuck Ford. We can always expect Trump to never do the right thing in any given situation, but Ford is culpable as well for allowing this.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
17. WHAT is wrong with these people??? why are they so utterly powerless ??? Unless there are
Tue May 19, 2020, 06:36 PM
May 2020

credible threats of harm being made to ones self and ones family..... I really, really don't understand why anyone would have to backpedal re: this, or anything.

Or why repubs have to retire or be pushed out, instead of staying and fighting for whats right. WTF is going on?

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Response to leftieNanner (Reply #25)

kacekwl

(6,994 posts)
28. Of course they did. Amazing what weaklings the
Tue May 19, 2020, 07:19 PM
May 2020

Captains of Industry are lately. Bullies must have had a field day with these wimps in school.

RainCaster

(10,691 posts)
29. Ford has now lost my business forever
Tue May 19, 2020, 07:24 PM
May 2020

Only one other has been so offensive- Elon Musk & Tesla.

I will not buy a vehicle (or anything else) from either.

Ever.

Crowman2009

(2,478 posts)
33. U.A.W. needs to do something about this BS!
Tue May 19, 2020, 08:55 PM
May 2020

No way should this orange dipshit be allowed to put workers at risk.

TreadSoftly

(219 posts)
43. Wonder if that Ford spokesman, or whoever directed him/her to require mask, is toast
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:24 AM
May 2020

What an asshole. November cannot come fast enough.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
44. What is with these cowardly dweebs?
Wed May 20, 2020, 02:28 AM
May 2020

Death Count Donnie is a girly man, I doubt he could take even a 60% punch?

Wears makeup and cares about his SHITTY hair like he'd die of embarrassment being bald?

essme

(1,207 posts)
47. Makeup
Wed May 20, 2020, 05:00 AM
May 2020

It's pretty simple- he refuses to wear on because of his orange-y makeup.

I wear tinted moisturizer--- and it rubs off on my mask at the nose. If I cared, or wore full on makeup, it would get on my nerves.

Maeve

(42,224 posts)
48. HA! I was RIGHT!!!
Wed May 20, 2020, 07:37 AM
May 2020

When it was announced he would have to wear a mask, I replied

I want to see that

But bet I won't get to, one way or another


Sure enough....
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