Like their colleagues to the east and west, seven governors from the Midwest region announced Thursday that they are partnering up to coordinate guidelines on reopening the economies in their states. The move comes as President Trump is prepared to announce guidelines to begin reopening the economy at the end of the month.
Did they get permission from the Big Orange Kahuna? They need his âabsolute authority,â right?
Iowa is too busy trying to collate their caucus results to join.
Totally.
is this what they mean by âfederalismâ?
Considering that Ohioâs governor is planning to reopen the state on 5/1, weâre about to find out.
Why do I get the feeling that the governors are forced into dividing the country into âregionsâ similar to Hunger Games districts to survive?
DuhâŚwe do not have a POTUSâŚ
We only have a Back-Up Prez who behaves like a POUTus-IMPeetus but really wants to be a k-I-n-g!
Midwestern sensibility vs. Mango MussoliniâŚ
Between this group, the east coast one and the west coast one, Iâm guessing were talking 75% of the national economy?
As well as all the west coast and great lakes ports, if it comes to thatâŚ
Thank you Governor Pritzker.
Who gives two rat shits what he thinks?
I donât; many of my Stateâs citizens donât.
He can go pound sand. Iâm proud of my governor and the others for putting this together and moving forward.
ETA: thatâs seventeen States taking precautions. Ride or die, the rest of you.
Hmmmm⌠Itâs interesting that DeWine chose to leak the May 1st beginning target date. I wonder if this will hamstring any of the other governors?
If he doesnât want to play nicely, he can go sit in the corner.
i can hardly wait for the southern states partnership plan. it will probably be heavy on Old Testament Stuff.
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Seriously though, it shouldnât hamstring them, but so much for unity.
The way the order is WI is written,
Gov. Tony Evers has directed Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to extend the Safer at Home order from April 24 to May 26 or until a superseding order is issued.
Bold is mine. So it could be sooner if we can just bend the curve, which WI hasnât done. Itâs not a bad order, some things can re-open on conditions.
Evers is dealing with the Wisconsin GOP crank politicians. ditto Grisham in Michigan. (by chance, both key swing states). these fuckers are evil.
Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine (R): âI am an optimist and am confident that Ohioans will also live up to the challenge of doing things differently as we open back up beginning on May 1st.â
He keeps using that word. I do not think it means what he thinks it means.
#InigoMontoya
True, but the odds are that Wisconsin isnât going to completely open up on May Day.
Until DeWine clarifies, he backs Trumpâs current stance.
I can see it in maybe four weeks.
But if the rules include having appropriate testing in place, Wisconsin will have issues meeting that, along with all the other States, whether in the pact or not.
The testing kits are seriously the sticking point here, no pun intended. I donât know when we get enough to do the job properly.
Well this is no longer necessary, since King Donnie of Orange has released his âguidelinesââŚ