Governors doing the jobs they were paid to do the best they can

By artappraiser on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 11:45pm |

Refreshing and hopeful to see the politics stop among the elected executive positions wherever it happens:

Governors raise alarm as coronavirus taxes health systems https://t.co/6Z4mBjxKQW
— Pamela Falk (@PamelaFalk) March 20, 2020

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https://apnews.com/91dff7046f7ef7ffeaf144f616ed1dd8

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Gov. Cuomo says New York testing per capita now on a par with South Korea and China. Which is good news
— Daniel Gross (@grossdm) March 20, 2020

Hence, our high numbers. Thank you, Guv.

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 10:41pm

YMMV

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 12:53pm

Republican legislators in Kentucky want their COVID numbers to be more like Tennessee, so they are working to suppress Democratic Party votes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-coronavirus-creates-unprecedented-obstacles-to-voting-kentucky-adds-another-voter-id/2020/03/20/74268bd6-6ad4-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

Republicans really want to see us die.

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 1:22pm

I saw this a while ago live on CNN, too, it was great, Newsom really gave out hope vibes, seemed genuinely excited and invigorated over all the positive "thousand points of light" type developments getting to a critical mass:

Just saw @GavinNewsom on CNN, he gave facts, a plan, updated us on supply chain and manufacturing of PPE. Named Tim Cook and Elon Musk as his back up and gave us some hope.
California, as always, a leader.
— Christopher THIS AINT THE FLU Titus (@TitusNation) March 22, 2020

If I run across the vid.,I'll post it.

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 8:51pm

What if the @NatlGovsAssoc organized a briefing every day at the same time as the WH briefing, and a few governors each day could describe what their states are doing, what lessons they’ve learned, what they need from citizens and the feds. And networks covered that instead.
— Seth Masket (@smotus) March 21, 2020

Dream on, would be nice to stop feeding the troll but we're not at that level of destruction of the status quo yet.

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 12:29am

Gov. Pritzer to troll Trump:

You wasted precious months when you could've taken action to protect Americans & Illinoisans.

You should be leading a national response instead of throwing tantrums from the back seat.

Where were the tests when we needed them?

Where's the PPE?

Get off Twitter & do your job. https://t.co/WESJITCAwg
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) March 22, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 2:35pm

Tennessee steps up. Georgia and Mississippi looking like the big outliers down South. https://t.co/vHZFmSCdDa
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) March 22, 2020

The same gov asking people to pray is refusing, so far, to use authority under his control to improve public health and reduce the risk to his residents. Focusing on the former, not the latter, seems to confuse what people need from government (as opposed to religious leaders) https://t.co/kKmtl28wmI
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 22, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 3:18pm

Gov. Cuomo:

I’m calling on the Federal Government to nationalize the medical supply chain.

The Federal Government should immediately use the Defense Production Act to order companies to make gowns, masks and gloves.

Currently, states are competing against other states for supplies.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 22, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 4:51pm

Florida's De Santis on Sunday:

“You simply cannot lock down our society with no end in sight,’’ he said at a teleconference from the governor’s office with only television reporters in attendance. https://t.co/b0S0iG7y9E
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) March 23, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 6:16pm

In the Washington area, it's the Republican governor of Maryland who has taken the lead on the coronavirus while the Democratic governor of Virginia, himself a physician, has held back, writes ⁦@McCartneyWP⁩ https://t.co/RI4EqePqw3
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 23, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 6:58pm

Thank you Mayors, and Governors, for leading America's response to this crisis. https://t.co/AERyReCnwb
— Richard Florida (@Richard_Florida) March 24, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 10:39pm

Predicting a three-month surge of coronavirus patients, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for 50,000 more hospital beds https://t.co/OodUvNOx6J
— CNN (@CNN) March 24, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/24/2020 - 12:33am

We all know who the Michael is in this family. https://t.co/Q2Igto0cfi
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) March 24, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/24/2020 - 12:49am

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