Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) sent a letter to the White House Monday pleading for federal aid as his state drowns in coronavirus cases.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) sent a letter to the White House Monday pleading for federal aid as his state drowns in coronavirus cases.
Not so fast Governor. You must first do the Donald a favor. Itâs a two-way street after all.
Democratic Governors are on their own.
They chose not to support Trump in 2016, so heâs literally not their president.
Chop chopâŚDear Covidiot Leader wants to reopen America by Easter becauseâŚit OK to KAG = Kill American Geriatrics!
Whatâs the problem? Weâre all going back to work after Easter. Weâll be fine.
Now, can you do me a favor?
Nate has Trump at the 50% mark of disapproval (44+% approval and rising). Best itâs ever been.
He doesnât need states with dirty old cities.
Or Democratic governors.
âLouisiana Gov Pleads For Federal HelpâŚâ
Havenât I seen this film before?
(The remake sucks just as bad as the original.)
I see now that how he handled Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria was a preview of how heâs been handling/is going to handle this . . . except he doesnât have any paper towels to throw to people this time.
Yeah, but he does need electoral votes, and Louisiana went for him in '16.
Sâokay. We are âliterallyâ building hospitals!
Louisiana is a red state, so, relatively low on awareness/anxiety about the virus, social distancing, etc. It has also done very little testing. And it has a lot of poor people. I fear this may be the leading edge of an enormous outbreak.
Yes, but they disrespected him by electing a Democratic governor.
He can throw non-existent hospitals to them.
Well. Fingers crossed that things donât get worse in Kansas, then . . .
Just be nice to Donnie or your people will die.
Never has it been so obvious what a Potemkin Village this administration is. Itâs all a movie front.
Louisiannaâs fucked. Weâre all fucked. But they are so poor. I canât imagine the state of their hospitals.
Sadly assume the position in line Governor donât know what number you will be,a few ahead of you.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
Louisiana Gov Predicts NOLA Will Be Out Of Hospital Beds By April
Solution: Triple bunks.
Iâm imagining Trump exiting Air Force One in some infected city throwing ventilators instead of paper towel rolls.
I know this is ridiculous, as there is no way he could lift a ventilator, but still . . .
We are âliterallyâ building hospitals. Trump is âfigurativelyâ a billionaire, and âtechnicallyâ a leader.