Good piece, 2 frustrations. First, as a 7th gen Floridian who lives in NC and drove to FL twice in the spring of 2020 because my grandmother was dying, deSantis DID lock down FL. Both times I had to go through border checkpoints to get into the state on I95, and they were turning away people from states like NY. My grandmother died alone…
Good piece, 2 frustrations. First, as a 7th gen Floridian who lives in NC and drove to FL twice in the spring of 2020 because my grandmother was dying, deSantis DID lock down FL. Both times I had to go through border checkpoints to get into the state on I95, and they were turning away people from states like NY. My grandmother died alone in an assisted living facility because we weren't allowed to visit her even when she was put on the hospice list. I understand that BECAUSE OF TRUMP'S PEOPLE LYING no one knew how bad it would be etc, but can we all just be honest and then be proud of DeSantis for talking to the right people and making the right decisions when others weren't?
Secondly, I'm sick of all the "Trump is playing 9D chess" crap. I didn't vote for him in primaries, voted for him for President, he did a lot of things right. But he's a petulant ass, which made him a lot of money on TV (and pissed off all the right people). He not only screwed up with Fauci and Birx and not listening to Scott Atlas, he is incapable of admitting his mistakes which cost millions of people their lives and livelihoods and will continue to do so as the vax damage plays out. (Not to mention actually bragging about it!) He's too old to be President until 2028, he can only serve one term, and there are many of all political stripes who cannot accept him for various reasons and will keep TDS going for another SIX YEARS. This country will fracture.
Agree with your points, but you left off one huge failure by Trump: putting Pence in charge of the COVID task force. He was nothing but a cheerleader and is a terrible leader.
This country fractured a long, long time ago. We’ve been limping along for decades and there’s a mighty rush among the ‘elites’ of the world to collect the remainder of the loot before we finally collapse.
Good piece, 2 frustrations. First, as a 7th gen Floridian who lives in NC and drove to FL twice in the spring of 2020 because my grandmother was dying, deSantis DID lock down FL. Both times I had to go through border checkpoints to get into the state on I95, and they were turning away people from states like NY. My grandmother died alone in an assisted living facility because we weren't allowed to visit her even when she was put on the hospice list. I understand that BECAUSE OF TRUMP'S PEOPLE LYING no one knew how bad it would be etc, but can we all just be honest and then be proud of DeSantis for talking to the right people and making the right decisions when others weren't?
Secondly, I'm sick of all the "Trump is playing 9D chess" crap. I didn't vote for him in primaries, voted for him for President, he did a lot of things right. But he's a petulant ass, which made him a lot of money on TV (and pissed off all the right people). He not only screwed up with Fauci and Birx and not listening to Scott Atlas, he is incapable of admitting his mistakes which cost millions of people their lives and livelihoods and will continue to do so as the vax damage plays out. (Not to mention actually bragging about it!) He's too old to be President until 2028, he can only serve one term, and there are many of all political stripes who cannot accept him for various reasons and will keep TDS going for another SIX YEARS. This country will fracture.
Agree with your points, but you left off one huge failure by Trump: putting Pence in charge of the COVID task force. He was nothing but a cheerleader and is a terrible leader.
Pence = swamp creature = controlled opposition.
@Jennings, yes, YES! I 💯 agree with what you wrote about Trump.
This country fractured a long, long time ago. We’ve been limping along for decades and there’s a mighty rush among the ‘elites’ of the world to collect the remainder of the loot before we finally collapse.
Agree 💯