On record-breaking day, Mike Pence says Florida in a 'much better place' in coronavirus fight
Source: Tampa Bay Times
"Were in a much better place thanks to the leadership of President Trump," the vice president said.
The coronavirus case numbers are worse than ever in Florida.
But on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence came to Tampa with a message for the Sunshine State: Florida is in a good position to weather the storm.
I want the people of Florida to know were in a much better place thanks to the leadership of President (Donald) Trump, the innovation of American industry and to the partnership that weve forged, not just in testing, but in personal protective equipment, Pence said in an event with Gov. Ron DeSantis at the University of South Florida Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation.
Pence and DeSantis, along with several federal health officials, noted a handful of differences between the current outbreak in Florida and the earlier ones in New York and Seattle this spring. Treatment options have improved, testing capabilities have expanded and hospitals are ready for a surge.
Now is not the time to close down the economy again to prevent further spread, Pence said, citing all of those factors. Particularly not when the nations workforce is rebounding. The economy added 4.8 million jobs in June.
We dont have to choose between opening up America and the health of our people, Pence said at the event.
Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/07/02/pence-on-coronavirus-cases-florida-in-a-much-better-place-thanks-to-president-trump/
dawg day
(7,947 posts)"The Big Lie" -- if you lie big and often, and never waver, you can get people so exhausted and confused they stop objecting. Truth will cease to matter.
This is The Big Lie. Florida is in terrible condition. Terrible. As bad as NY in April. And this is a result of Trump urging the idiot DeSantis to open the state early and scorning the idea of widespread mask-wearing.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)Thanks to the rise of right wing media there are people who live in a bubble from reality. Trump/Pence can joke and pretend that COVID-19 is disappearing and that the economy would be shooting through the roof, but for people overreacted to a flu. If you lived in such a world where nothing was wrong, but Democrats and some local officials were insisting that you stay home and where a mask just in case you got a mild cold, then perhaps you would act like the people in this video:
In fairness, this is not just Florida. Watch the public comments in any local government meeting, and you can tell who has been consuming a steady diet of Fox News, Infowars, Epoch Times and OANN.
louzke9
(296 posts)is Hannibal Lecter!
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)But everyone in Florida, of all parties know we are fucked.
Their base will never abandon them, but every republican I know is scared of this shit.
Of course, none of them are religious nutters.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)What is with this death cult administration anyway? I get that they're evil, I get that they're corrupt, I get that they're inept. But why are they hell-bent on killing off their few remaining supporters?
George II
(67,782 posts)llmart
(15,536 posts)Florida is in a critical stage right now!
He's a liar just like his boss. They have no shame.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)He'd be far more productive.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)...I told my wife that exact same thing that Pencil Brain was acting just like "Baghdad Bob" when US Troops were roaring through downtown Baghdad several days ago when he held that press conference claiming the Trump administration had flattened the curve & the nation was headed in the right direction thanks to Trump's outstanding leadership!🙄🤬🤬🤬☠☠☠ ...When precisely the opposite was taking place & its only got exponentially worse since then!
...For a so-called "Christian" Pencil Brain sure does LIE a lot! ...And now his lies are literally killing people & he doesn't care one Fing bit! ...But HOLY HELL if two men love each other or a woman wants to control her own destiny in life then he's on the war path! I'm so sick of these anti-Science Bronze Age Idiots!!
TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)Javaman
(62,521 posts)SergeStorms
(19,199 posts)only work if people use them and adhere to them. Otherwise you get......Florida.
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progree
(10,901 posts)These are 7 day moving averages of daily new cases
I just don't think it's getting through how bad the situation has gotten.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Daily New Cases: 7 day average (click this checkbox just below the graph)
June 9: 21,282
July 2: 47,243
+122% increase (2.22 Fold)
yup. In just 23 days.
Another grim daily new cases 7 day moving average statistic:
April 10: 32,464 - previous pre-June pandemic highpoint
July 2: 47,243
+46% increase over the April 10 peak
June 25 was the date when the April 10 peak was first surpassed. (Just a week ago!)
EarlG's graphic clearly shows the three key pertinent points about the daily new cases --
*That we're way up from the early-mid-June bottom
*That we've completely passed the previous era's peak of April 10
*That we're worse off than we've ever been, by far
From EarlG's Pic of the Moment https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017590932 :
Ever since about mid-April until mid-June, the media has been telling us the new cases have been going down in the U.S. overall, and they've been right. So we can relax and reopen, like Reagan's "Morning in America" (wrong).
Well, in just the last 3 weeks, cases have rebounded, and gone way past the old April 10 peak.
usajumpedtheshark
(672 posts)i seem to recall another state that boasted that they had plenty of hospital space. houston now has to send patients to other hospitals to prevent being completely overwhelmed.
i'm guessing pence's god is going to have something to say to him when pence finally passes on
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)are the NEW normal for Republicans.
BAM
and we are to trust those who are incapable of telling the truth? Come on folks, find some morals somewhere in your souls or have you given up on your souls too?
louzke9
(296 posts)to be sacrificing lives before the alter of the dollar sign either!
louzke9
(296 posts)Because THAT is the only thing that would make Florida a better place!
CRK7376
(2,199 posts)wacky weed? Crazy man that Pence is....
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)Not good either way.