[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #743 letkeep Minnesota red beyond the virus

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 19:47 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Bernie-or-bust bedoel je?

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 19:56 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Ok, joh, de wijzen zijn degenen die er voor zorgen dat Trump nog 4 jaar aan de macht blijft. Dat snapt iedereen, natuurlijk.

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 20:19 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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thehill twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 16:19:03 JUST IN: McConnell says Dem impeachment push distracted government from coronavirus threat https://t.co/vAwWRZ5UAY https://t.co/nPujHFDNyU reageer retweet

Mitch komt ook weer wat roepen. Al op 31 januari werd besloten dat er geen getuigen zouden komen en was het proces effectief voorbij.

De grote vraag: Was Trump in staat het land te besturen gedurende die maanden, en zo niet, waarom niet? En zo wel, waarom deed hij dan niks?

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 20:19 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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thehill twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 16:19:03 JUST IN: McConnell says Dem impeachment push distracted government from coronavirus threat https://t.co/vAwWRZ5UAY https://t.co/nPujHFDNyU reageer retweet

Mitch komt ook weer wat roepen. Al op 31 januari werd besloten dat er geen getuigen zouden komen en was het proces effectief voorbij.

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 20:45 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Vandaar mijn nasty snaky vraag.

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 20:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Ondertussen op een andere drijvende petridish:. ....

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DavidLarter twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 15:10:39 I've never seen anything like this.

Captain of Theodore Roosevelt pens a four-page letter pleading for resources, says the situation is rapidly spinning out of control as nearly 200 sailors test positive: https://t.co/OZuJwAQi46 reageer retweet

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The operator of a coronavirus-stricken cruise liner has warned that more people could die at sea unless its vessels are allowed to dock, accusing governments of “turning their backs” on thousands of people stranded at sea during the global pandemic.

Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line, called for a port to show “compassion and grace” by allowing passengers on the Zaandam cruise liner and its sister ship, the Rotterdam, back on land.

Four people have died, eight people have tested positive for Covid-19 and about 200 people are ill with flu-like symptoms on the Zaandam, which has hundreds of British, American and Australian holidaymakers on board, many of whom are elderly.

Both ships are travelling towards Florida but on Monday, governor Ron DeSantis said passengers cannot be “dumped” in his state and cast further doubt over whether ships would be allowed to dock, dismissing those on board as mostly “foreigners”.

A meeting of Broward county commissioners will take place on Tuesday to discuss whether the vessels should be allowed into port in Fort Lauderdale.

Several Latin American countries closed their ports to the Zaandam as the coronavirus outbreak developed on board and they refused emergency requests to medically evacuate critically ill patients, according to Ashford.

“We are dealing with a ‘not my problem’ syndrome. The international community, consistently generous and helpful in the face of human suffering, shut itself off to Zaandam leaving her to fend for herself.

“Nations are justifiably focused on the Covid-19 crisis unfolding before them. But they’ve turned their backs on thousands of people left floating at sea. Are these reactions based on facts from experts like the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or fueled by irrational fear? What happened to compassion and help thy neighbor?” the Holland America Line president said in a statement.

“Already four guests have passed away and I fear other lives are at risk. As of March 30, 76 guests and 117 crew on Zaandam have influenza-like illness, including eight people who have tested positive for Covid-19,” it continued.

“The Covid-19 situation is one of the most urgent tests of our common humanity. To slam the door in the face of these people betrays our deepest human values.”

Passengers and crew on board in contact with the Guardian are increasingly concerned for their safety, which include 304 Americans, 228 British nationals and 116 Australians between both ships.

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 20:48 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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TheRickWilson twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 17:01:37 A source at a conservative firm doing Trump/RNC work tells me the Message of the Day is "Impeachment kept Trump from focusing on the virus."

This person and I went from great friends (2000s to 2016) then frenemies (2017-2019) and now this person is PISSED.

More to follow. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 22:00 schreef AnneX het volgende:
“ This is nuts. Kremlin spox Peskov says Trump accepted Putin's offer to send a flight w #coronavirus medical equipment to US. Details willl be handled at the working level. Hopefully someone will tell Trump that he's playing right into a propaganda ploy ”

https://mobile.twitter.co(...)/1245049970459316227
Op de foto in tweet zijn Russische trucks te zien, die zinloos in colonne door Italië rondjes rijden met Russisch personeel wég van brandhaard Moskou, op vakantie...

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 22:08 schreef Lord-Ronddraai het volgende:

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Wat maakt het uit dat het propaganda is. Als er tekort aan apparatuur is en die apparatuur kan levens redden. Laat je die levens die gered hadden kunnen worden dan liever verloren gaan zodat Rusland een propaganda momentje mist? Of ga je ervanuit dat de apparatuur nooit geleverd gaat worden ofzo? Maar dan is het toch ook geen werkende propaganda?

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 22:12 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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“Voor wat, hoort wat”
Bijv. Sancties opheffen

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 22:22 schreef Lord-Ronddraai het volgende:

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Is daar aanwijzing voor dan? Klinkt meer als speculatie. Het zou natuurlijk wel passen bij de meesterlijke dealmaker die Trump is. Maar uit het tweetje dat je post waar gezegd wordt dat het gaat om propaganda doeleinden is het toch juist goede zaak dat te accepteren. Wat boeit een beetje postieve PR voor Moskou in verhouding tot wat mensenlevens.

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Op dinsdag 31 maart 2020 22:56 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
Was het niet zo dat ze ook spullen aan Italië hebben geschonken maar achteraf bleek dat meer dan de helft niet werkte over of over datum was?

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rgoodlaw twitterde op dinsdag 31-03-2020 om 22:19:03 Great piece of reporting (@KannoYoungs @AnaSwanson)

Shows “hundreds of thousands of times” Trump admin invoked #DefenseProductionAct for body armor for border agents, drones etc.

But Trump has balked at doing it for nurses, doctors on covid frontlines!

https://t.co/qQiGT7m9qJ reageer retweet

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Chemicals used to construct military missiles. Materials needed to build drones. Body armor for agents patrolling the southwest border. Equipment for natural disaster response.

A Korean War-era law called the Defense Production Act has been invoked hundreds of thousands of times by President Trump and his administration to ensure the procurement of vital equipment, according to reports submitted to Congress and interviews with former government officials.

Yet as governors and members of Congress plead with the president to use the law to force the production of ventilators and other medical equipment to combat the coronavirus pandemic, he has for weeks treated it like a “break the glass” last resort, to be invoked only when all else fails.

“You know, we’re a country not based on nationalizing our business,” Mr. Trump said earlier this month. “Call a person over in Venezuela, ask them how did nationalization of their businesses work out? Not too well.”

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 01-04-2020 om 00:30:19 Trump says "a lot of people" wanted him to just "ride it out" as if it was "the flu."

"It's not the flu," he says, correctly.

But *HE* repeatedly likened it to the flu. He said four days ago that you can call it a flu. reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 01-04-2020 om 00:32:11 Trump, who downplayed the situation for weeks even after it was clear it would be a crisis here, is portraying himself as the person who defended the country against a "ride it out" faction that didn't take the crisis seriously enough. reageer retweet

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MollyJongFast twitterde op woensdag 01-04-2020 om 00:32:44 It only took 3 months for trump to understand covid-19 isn't the flu. https://t.co/QyW8dRBwKG reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 01-04-2020 om 00:41:46 Rather than the usual barrage of specific false claims, this briefing has featured a dishonest overall narrative -- a Trump effort to cast himself as the leader who stood strong against the faction that downplayed the severity of the virus. reageer retweet

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atrupar twitterde op donderdag 05-03-2020 om 04:48:09 In this clip, Trump:
1. Denies WHO's coronavirus death rate based on "hunch"
2. Calls coronavirus "corona flu"
3. Suggests it's fine for people with Covid-19 to go to work
4. Compares coronavirus to "the regular flu," indicating he doesn't get the difference https://t.co/uC9c03zX31 reageer retweet