Trump’s Factory Visit Delayed After Workers Feared It Would Endanger Them Amid COVID-19

President Donald Trump’s scheduled tour of the Braskem factory in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania last week was delayed, reportedly because workers were afraid that the event would put them at risk for COVID-19.


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Delayed but not canceled…trump put them all at risk for a fucking photo op…

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Jeepers, Donnie’s parents never said “NO” to him so this will not set well. And, Hogan Gidley, in my opinion, can go climb a cactus.

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So, they told him no thanks…that’s gotta hurt.

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Forget the event…this presidency is endangering you.

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#SuperSpreaderPOTUS

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They’re no fools. This could be interpreted as snark.

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Another possible headline: “Pennsylvania Manufacturing Workers Don’t Want Trump To Visit”

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“President Trump’s top priority is the safety and security of the American people, … is categorically false,”

FIFY

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Such silly concerns when “We have prevailed.”

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It is time for more entities to stand up to the bully in chief’s effort to have continuous propaganda sessions. Thank you to this factory and it’s leadership!

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I’m sure the WH staffers would have preferred getting the petulant child out of the house for a few hours.

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Statue of a bull outside a Tucson restaurant.

Doesn’t really compute, but it is whimsical.

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“President Trump’s top priority is the safety and security of the American people, and the idea that during this pandemic he wants an event of any kind that would violate our own guidelines to opening up America again is categorically false,” he said.

Your own fricking guidelines recommend wearing a mask when in close proximity to others, especially when indoors. Trump refuses to wear a mask. Your intention to violate safety protocols are a given before Trump sets foot out of the White House.

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Pretty risky climbing up there to paint that. I wonder what the charges would be if they got caught.

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Trump wanted to be associated with them because these is the factory with the workers who got so much praise for quarantining inside the factory for 28 days to get the production done safely. No way they went through all that to expose themselves to backwash from the White House outbreak.

Marcus Hook is a heavy working class area in Delaware County by the oil refineries. The petrochemical connection presumably explains why the factory is located there.

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Can @darrtown fully account for his whereabouts over the past 24-36 hours?

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Trespass or vandalism. The statue gets pranked regularly. Here’s another one.

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tenor

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["White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley rejected the possibility of Trump putting the workers at risk in a statement to the Post.

‘President Trump’s top priority is the safety and security of the American people, and the idea that during this pandemic he wants an event of any kind that would violate our own guidelines to opening up America again is categorically false,’ he said."]

I’m content with having Trump stop by as an inmate on work-detail.

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