The calculation that Trump and Republicans are making is that they can open up and get the economy moving enough to help their election chances, and after that it doesn’t matter what happens because they will have the power. They are also trying to help their donors (not the base) as much as they can during the crisis. They are using the crazy right wing to pressure Republican politicians into going along with them…it’s actual terrorism in plain sight, those guns are meant to scare politicians into putting economic concerns over the health of the nation. The fact that the racists figure they will be fine and it’s the shitholes big cities, full of minorities, that will die off, just makes it that much less of a moral judgment on Republcain’s part.
It’s very unlikely that they will get their wish…the virus is going to be unleashed and tear through communities that do not continue to take it seriously, and that’s primarily in the red states. And, that’s going to be over the next two months, not six months from now, so there will be plenty of time for red staters to die off, and for Republican politicians to face the consequences. We can only hope that they really are held accountable for choosing a course of action that will kill more Americans.
