The stenographic reporting of Trump's "reopen" language is more the problem here than his (also problematic!) declaration that he can force the states to do anything that doesn't involve a power reserved in the Constitution to the federal government. He can't, in fact, make states do anything.
We're already starting to see blue-red state alliances to cope with the monumentally corrupt federal mismanagement of PPE and ventilator shortages, as well as calls for state aid in the next relief bill. At a certain point, when these alliances are sturdy enough -- and when governor's poll numbers remain high -- they'll effectively laugh in his face.
I'm not downplaying the seriousness of his language. It's lunatic and rhetorically dangerous. But he can't make the states reopen, whatever that would mean.
I think your assessment is spot on. The mainstream media is a contributory factor to this nonsense because it keeps broadcasting what he is saying without applying any critical pushback or analysis.
Watching allegedly "States Rights" Republicans contort themselves to support Trump's unconstitutional statement this morning should be an Olympic sport. Let's score them, shall we?
The stenographic reporting of Trump's "reopen" language is more the problem here than his (also problematic!) declaration that he can force the states to do anything that doesn't involve a power reserved in the Constitution to the federal government. He can't, in fact, make states do anything.
We're already starting to see blue-red state alliances to cope with the monumentally corrupt federal mismanagement of PPE and ventilator shortages, as well as calls for state aid in the next relief bill. At a certain point, when these alliances are sturdy enough -- and when governor's poll numbers remain high -- they'll effectively laugh in his face.
I'm not downplaying the seriousness of his language. It's lunatic and rhetorically dangerous. But he can't make the states reopen, whatever that would mean.
I think your assessment is spot on. The mainstream media is a contributory factor to this nonsense because it keeps broadcasting what he is saying without applying any critical pushback or analysis.
Watching allegedly "States Rights" Republicans contort themselves to support Trump's unconstitutional statement this morning should be an Olympic sport. Let's score them, shall we?